NEW DEVELOPMENT
BLOOMFIELD CRIME
POLICE FOLLOWING NEW CLUE.
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)
AUCKLAND, March 16. In connection wiHt£the resumption next week, of the inquest; concerning the murder' of Arthur James Blomfield, a city chemist, omOctober 31, jit is reported that a. newI’-development 1 ’-development has occurred. W* • It is understood pblice learned, by chance, of a", young man who has told a story tliat, on the night of the murder, he was in an hotel, when two men whom he know, 'entered, asking for a drink. Both were agitated, and in conversation, one allegedly said that they had settled Blomfield. Their story was that they had gone to town in a car, and one called on Blomfield to arrange for an easier payment of a debt they owed. He returned to the car, and tdd his companion of Blomfield’s refusal to meet the request. It is -alleged that, taking a spanner from under the seat, he declared that be wouldJmake Blomfield see reason, and returned to the shop.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1932, Page 5
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