MYSTERY BULLET
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Young Man Struck in Head
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AUCKLAND, This Day. While Francis Sandin, aged 20, was yarding cows for milking on his father's farm at Papakura yesterday afternoon, he was struck in the head by a bullet from a pea-rifle. Dr. Young, of Papakura, with the aid of a local anaesthetic, extracted the bullet, which had lodged less than half an inch from the youth 'p brain. Detecttves left Auckland to investigate shortly after the ineident had been reported by telephone. but it is uuderstood that no clue has so far been obtained. The cowbails on the farm are close to the road. and Mr Sandin had his back to the road while he and a farmhand were yarding the cows. Mr Sandin is making satisfactory progress. Later: It is believed htat a possible explanation is tbat the bullet ricocheted from the pea-rifle of a man who was shooting rabbits about 800 yards from Mr. Sandin' s cowyard. The owner of the rifle has voluntarily handed it to the police for examination.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 7
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176MYSTERY BULLET Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 7
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