RACEHORSE OWNER SHOT
STRANGE NOISE HEARD; THEN EXPLOSION UNKNOWN INTRUDER SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Sydney police are investigating the shooting o£ Mr. John Edwin Byrne, a prominent Sydney racehorse owner and trainer at Mascot. Mr. Byrne, who died today, heard a strange noise in his stables. He armed himself with a revolver and went to investigate. Later he was found dying with a bullet wound under his heart There was one empty cartridge in the revolver. The police think it possible that Mr. Byrne was shot with his own weapon during a struggle with an intruder.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 925, 19 March 1930, Page 9
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95RACEHORSE OWNER SHOT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 925, 19 March 1930, Page 9
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