TUAKAU FATALITY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18585, 20 December 1934, Page 11

TUAKAU FATALITY

MAN’S DEATH MYSTERY POLICE EXAMINE RIFLES ' RESIDENTS QUESTIONED : V r ’ " *• (Per Preos Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. The efforts of the police- to- solve the mystery of the death of Charles Finch, wlto was found shot near Tlia-kau on Sunday evening, were advanced a stage further to day, when four pea rifles were sent- to Auckland to be examined by experts, the rifles including that belonging to Finch. They are all known to have been used recently for rabbit shooting in the vicinity of where the body was found. From the results of tests with the four weapons, and also by minute examination of the shells and bullets found by the police, it is hoped to determine from which weapon the fatal shots were fired. Residents within a radius of about two miles of the scone of the fatality were interviewed and statements were taken from a number of them. The Auckland police party returned to the city'tMs evening. Finch wa3 apparently smoking his pipe when he received the first bullet wound. His pipe was found under has l , bodyand there was afresh tobacco stain on his shirt. It is thought that he- pitched forward and that the bowl came into contact with his shirt as ho, lay on the ground. 'The mysfery of Finch’s death is causing much speculation in the- Tualcau district.