MURDER OR SUICIDE?
man found shot,
ißy Telegraph—Per Press Association.j
PALMERSTON N., March' G
Facts pointing either to murder or suicide surround the death of Walter Edwin Price, builder, found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday morning. At first it was thought, .death was due to internal haemorrhage, but a post, mortem disclosed death v. as due to a coin shot wound fired ..close to the head. The suicide theory is complicated by the fact that a weapon cannot he found. Ihe only otlrnr occupant of .the house was the son of deceased, aged lfi, who did not hear any s|lmt, although one was hoard by neighbours. Price belonged to a well-known family, and was in the prime - of life and of a. healthy and cheerful disposition. The. 1 - whole circumstances are steeped in mystery.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1930, Page 3
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