A TRAGEDY
DEATH OF DETECTIVE O'BRIEN. | (Per Press Association, Copyright), j CHRISTCHURCH, September. 14. ; The death -occurred under tragic cir-: cumstances this morning of Detective-' Sergeant Edward F. O’Brien. O’Brien, who suffered a nervous col-; lapse recently, had been on leave s'.«cc iTuesdniy. He was found (dead this morning in a bathroom at his ‘ homo 'with a wound in tlie throat. O’Brien joined the force in 191). served with the Rifle Brigade in Egypt ami Fra.no-e, and 'subsequemly rejoined the force in Auckland. He became a detective in 1922 and wa* transferred to Christchurch in 192.. In .recent weeks O'Brien has been pursuing investigations into'the shooting case at Addington’/ station,.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1933, Page 6
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110A TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1933, Page 6
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