THE PRICE MYSTERY
GUN MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN USED. WAS CARTRIDGE EXPLODED IN MOUTTI ? ‘There, may never have been a gun used,” said a Wellington man yesterday lo a “.Dominion” representative, referring to the mystery surrounding the shooting of Waller Price at Palmerston N. ‘This man has followed the ease / losely and His theory would expiaui Ihe absence of the weapon, the tact that has baffled investigators. His theory is that Price made an opening in a cartridge large enough 10 make coulael with ihe powder, •and I lien, placing ir in his mouth, applied a Jig-hied match to the i |iinmg. This would explain why the son, sleeping with ihe blankets over his head, never heard the explosion, as a ran ridge exploded in Mich a manner would not make Unsharp I'epori of one fired in a gun. 11 also explains Ihe marks of burn ing round the month. The theory has been submitted lo Ihe police for furllter inquiry.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4453, 17 May 1930, Page 3
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161THE PRICE MYSTERY Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4453, 17 May 1930, Page 3
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