SHOT BY CRIPPLE
SPANISH BUSINESS CHIEF MADRID, March 7. Senor Jose Maria Maura, second son of Spain's famous statesman, Antonio Maura, was shot dead in his office at Bilbao to-day. His alleged murderer, a cripple whose insurance claim had been rejected by Senor Maura's firm, has been arrested. Tho man was wheeled into the office this morning to see Senor Maura, who was head of a big insurance company, about his claim. When Senor Maura refused to admit the claim the man, if is alleged, pulled out a revolver and shot him six time* through the back as he was turning away.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 15
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102SHOT BY CRIPPLE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 15
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