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Thursday’s television programme "Call the Gun Expert” . In March, 1934, James Dawson, a farmer, of Bashall Old


Hall, Bashall Eaves, arrived home after visiting the Edisford Bridge Inn, near Clitheroe, and had to be treated for a wound in his back. He died later in hospital. Subsequent investigations revealed that the cause o f^ . r'


Dawson's death was a home-made bullet which had pierced his kidneys.


____ His explanation to the


police, while lie was in hos­ pital. was that while he was


b a n k urch Street


walking home along Back Lane lie saw a man standing in the shadows and later felt a pain in his shoulder. He thought someone had thrown a stone at him. The discovery of the home­


made bullet embedded in his body caused a widespread police hunt for his attacker and for the weapon, but. despite hundreds of inquiries and interrogations of people living in the district, the death of James Dawson had to be written oif as one of Britain’s unsolved mysteries. The story was presented on


television under tire title of "The Perfect Crime." because the death of James Dawson was a puzzle if he was, as lie stated, attacked on his way home.


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strated various reasons why any­ one might wisli to kill James Dawson—a jealous husband or


father perhaps. In these times it is interesting


to read the "Advertiser and Times” report- of the tragedy in our issue of March 23, 1934. “ It appears that Mr. Dawson,


who had been to Edisford Bridge, was returning home about 9-15 on Sunday night. It was dark and as he approached the lane which branches to Bashall Town


The gun expert, Robert


Churchill, deduced that a con­ ventional weapon, such as a pistol, v/as not used—or there would be no need for a home­ made bullet. At tho end of the programme, a demonstration of an ingenious weapon said to be used by poachers was given: it was suggested this weapon could have been used.


The programme did imply,


much to the annoyance of Bash­ all Eaves residents in particular, that Bashall Eaves was not only a close-knit community but a peculiarly backward one where the people treated anyone from 10 miles away as foreigners. The version of the affair,


which the programme treated as a supposed murder, was filmed in February when the countryside looked very bleak and wild, giv­ ing the impression that Bashall Eaves, only about four miles from Clitheroe, was in the remo­ test and bleakest part of Britain. The programme stated that


tho villagers were unco-operativc with the police and that “ some­ one must know something,’’ but no-one would come forward, giving the impression that Bashall Eaves people were a strange tribe who did not venture from tlie mils except in raiding parties.


*


Town mourns “a dedicated physician”


THE high esteem in which Dr. Brian W. Lailhwaitc was held in Clitheroe, was reflected in the large congregation


which attended a memorial service at Trinity Methodist Church on Sunday evening.


________ Every scat was occupied i when his last sickness struck


and people also sat in chairs in the aisles and on the steps.


Dr. Laitlnvaite. who died in


Manchester Royal Infirmary, aged 35. lived at Brett House, Claremont Drive, and was in practice in the town. He also had supervision over Clitheroe Hospital.


Represented at the service


were organisations with which Dr. Laithwaitc had been asso­ ciated, including Trinity Church, where he was a trustee, Clith­ eroe Round Table and St. John


Ambulance Brigade. Nurses from Clitheroe Hos­


pital, in uniform, also attended. The town itself was represented


by the Mayor (Councillor J. Hall) and the Tov5i Clerk (Mr. H. L. Sagan.


Mrs. Laithwaitc and members


of the family were also in attendance. The Rev. Ronald Jobling. who


generations,


Bashall Hall, where the Dawson family had farmed for and which was flic home of the famous Talbot family.


from the Clitheroe—Higher Hod- der road, he saw a man standing in a gateway. He did not recog­ nise him and paid no attention


to him. ” When Mr. Dawson had gone


another 20 yards, however, lie heard a crack, and. according to liis statfjnent, lie felt something strike him in the back. ” He went on home, had supper,


and went to bed without dis­ closing anything about the inci­ dent. During the night he felt considerable pain and at eight o'clock on Monday morning lie asked his sister, Mrs. Gordon Lee. to look at his back. " She found a big wound which


had bled profusely and at once telephoned for a doctor. Dr. Cooper arrived, dressed the wound, and o r d e r e d Mr. Dawson's removal to Blackburn for X-ray examination. “ The X -ra y photographs


revealed a somewhat large mis­ sile lodging in Mr. Dawson's side under Ills arm. and this was eventually removed during an operation. " Mr. Dawson's relatives were


called to his bedside yesterday and lie passed away about 3-30 p.m. " Tile bullet extracted in the


operation is now in tile posses­ sion of Superintendent Elliott, of the West Riding Police Force, who is in charge of extensive investigations into this mysteri­ ous affair. Hedges, ditches and pools over a wide area have been searched in vain by police offi­ cers in tile hope of discovering the weapon.


MANY INTERV IEWS " Yesterday a sister of the dead


fanner said that the police had informed her that they were hopeful <jf clearing up iho mys­ tery within a few days but Superintendent Elliott himself declines to make any statement. Many inquiries have been made in Clitheroe and district and practically every resident in the Bashall Eaves neighbourhood


conducted the service, said that other clergymen in the town had asked him to announce that they wished to be associated with the tributes to Dr. Laith- waite. A retiring collection for the


Jefferson Memorial Trust, for neuro-surgery, at Manchester Royal Infirmary, realized £70.


ters, Miss Dawson, said that her brother died without making any statement other than that “ 0 gave the police on Monday room­ ing. Another sister, Mrs. Gordon Lee, told a reporter that in ins | statement Mr. Dawson said he j was walking home about nine j o'clock on Sunday night and a, , the entrance to Back Lane on the . Clitheroe road lie saw a man ; standing in a gateway.


: “ When he had gone 20 yards -


further,’’ Mrs. Lee went oil. “Jim ; heard a crack and then felt j something strike him in the , back. He thought somebody was , joking and had thrown a stone |


at him. ; “ He walked on home without :


saying anything about the inci- i dent' up the road. He wont to ! bed without making a complaint and in the middle of the night found tils arm was stiff and that there was blood on his clothing. Even then he did not arouse anyone although niv son sleeps ill tile same room.


“ At eight o'clock on Monday


morning. Jim called to me and asked if I would look at his back. I did so and found a large wound which had bled freely.


L IK E BIRD'S EGG


Cooper, of Clitheroe, who ciunv and' dressed the "wound at* ordered my brother's removal to Blackburn for an X-ray examina­ tion. Tile X-ray photographs


" I at once telephoned Dr.


revealed an object like a bird's egg in his left side under the arm. It looked like a dum-dum bullet.


“ Tlie police were informed and ;


my brother showed them exactly where the attack had been made : on him. On Tuesday he wen;, i again to Blackburn and an operation was performed for the extraction of the bullet.


" My brother was a quiet man


lias been interviewed, without, however, disclosing anything calculated to assist the police in their efforts to unravel the mystery. " Wost Riding police officers continued their


i n q u i r i o s


throughout last night. For up­ wards of two hours after mid­ night, Superintendent Elliott and two other officers were at tho Model Lodging House, Clitheroe, interviewing a man. "At 3 ami. they left, and


inquiries were continued in various parts of the district, consultations being held from time to time. At 6-0 a.m. Superin­ tendent. Elliott and his stafT were still persuing investigation in the Enshall Eaves neighbourhood. “ No investigation had then


been mndc, “ One of the dead man's sis­


without an enemy in the world." Mrs. Lee added. “ Anyone know­ ing him will understand why he would not say anything. He was of a very reserved nature and rarely told us if lie was ill.


" He was most reluctant about


the matter being reported and it. was not - until the doctor had been that he allowed us to sum­ mon the police."


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him. " our own young people here


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