SEVEN-MILE TRAIN TRIP WITH BULLET IN BRAIN

BRISBANE. — Norman Morris (44) travelled by tram seven miles from Moorooka to Brisbane yesterday with a bullet in his brain. He entered an Albert Street tailor’s shop and said that he had been shot in the head. He was taken home and then ad mitted to the general hospital. His condition though serious is satisfactory. Detectives who interviewed Morris were told that he had been shot in the bush and were also told where they would find a .22 calibre revolver. The revolver was found near a small pool of blood.

From The Newcastle Sun, Wednesday 13 February 1946, page 4.

1952 Murder Scene Slq 99183507772502061

Image: Looking for clues at the murder scene of Betty Shanks, Brisbane, 1952, SLQ 99183507772502061, State Library of Queensland