TO FRIGHTEN PALMER
NEW THEORY IN ORAKEI SHOOTING. / ■ . . ■ ■ BULLETS RICOCHET FROM ROAD. ' I By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, July 10.- ■ The police ■ to-day are continuing the investigation of the mysterious shooting at William Palmer, ' commander of a squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen near Orakei late on Monday night. No motive has yet been suggested. Fragments of bullets picked up on the road lead to the belief that more than two shots were fired. The position and condition of two bullets recovered from the wood in the boatshed at the roadside furnish ground for the, suggestion that they were not fired direct at Palmer but ricocheted from the roadway. From this it is deduced either that the shots were fired to frighten Palmer or that the a Reliant was inexperienced in the use of a weapon. Fragments of bullets were sprayed for' a distance of 20 to 25 feet from the boatshed and it is regarded a , possible that the shots were fired from behind Palmer. The bullets, which are of .38 calibre, were automatic pistol bullets. Such weapons have been absolutely prohibited in New Zealand since 1920.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1935, Page 3
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