Fatal Gun Accident.
[Per Press Association.] Napier, July 80. J. M. Girdlestone, traveller for Swan’s brewery, shot himself either by accident or design, at Petane yesterday. He was seen to fall, but when picked up was quite dead. Gridlestone had just been dismissed from his emplyment, and is known to have been heavily involved financially. Later.—At the inquest on the body the evidence showed that deceased had borrowed the gun for the purpose of going shooting. Two of the witnesses saw him at the foot of the hill, heard the explosion of the gun, and saw deceased fall. On going to the spot they found the gun hanging on a wire fence, with muzzle towards ground and the trigger behind a point of wire where it was spliced. Deceased was lying quite dead on the other side of the fence. The evidence of the police as to the position of the body and gun went to show that in getting through the fence the trigger caught the projection of wire. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 196, 30 July 1884, Page 2
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177Fatal Gun Accident. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 196, 30 July 1884, Page 2
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