FATAL TRICK.
Press Association —Copyright. New York, April 5. Patrolman Patrick Conroy was killed o-day when demonstrating how he aught a pet dog to disarm a gunnan. Conroy pointed the revolver ind the dog leaped at his wrist and ipset the patrolman. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered ;he man's heart. The patrolman’s stepson, aged 10. re-enacted the scene with a toy pistol to convince the police that death was accidental. Conroys' last words were: “The dog was not to blame.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 3
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83FATAL TRICK. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 3
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