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Do NAA mini-revolvers have a transfer bar or something like that? Seems like a candidate to fit the claimed scenario/details.
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No, actually they don't. Instead they have safety slots milled into the cylinder between the chambers for the firing pin to rest in not dissimilar to those found on cap and ball revolvers such as the Remington Model 1858 New Army. I suppose it would be plausible that, had this individual been foolish enough to carry a NAA mini with the firing pin resting on a live round rather than in the safety notch that a blow from a bowling ball might be enough to discharge the revolver. As I said, however, he'd have to be pretty foolish to carry a NAA mini this way because use of the safety slots is clearly explained on page 3 of NAA's manual.
http://northamericanarms.com/pdfs/ownersm.pdf