A PERTH SENSATION.
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT COMMISSIONER
of polio
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,
PHRIT, April 24,
A sensational attempt was made to shoot Captain Hare, Commissioner of Police. Captain Hare was sitting in his oflice reading a report,' when ex-Corporal Tyler rushed in, exclaiming "I've got you this time," and fired a revolver pointblank at the captain. The bullet passed through the paper in, his hand and lodged in the wall. Hare grappled with Tyler, who again fired a bullet. It struck Hare's shirt-front, which "was heavily starched, causing it to glance. It then struck his shoulder, but did not penetrate. Assistance arrived, mid tho maddened-assailant was overpowered.
Tyler resigned from the police two years ago as a protest against being lined on a charge of insubordination, and since then he has nursed his grievance, continuously trying to get the case reopened.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13886, 25 April 1907, Page 7
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141A PERTH SENSATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13886, 25 April 1907, Page 7
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