SHOT DEAD.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 9

SHOT DEAD.

THE LONDON SENSATION

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(By Cable.—Pres« Association.—Copyright.) (Auitr&lifin and N.&. Oa-blo Anocialion.) LONDON, January 14. . The newspapers make a feature- of the Seton sensation. It is understood that the deceased was upstairs with his j host and hostess when LieutenantColonel Rutherford called. Accused enquired of the parlourmaid if Major Seton were there. The parlourmaid showed him to the dining-room, where deceased joined him. They talked together for about ten minutos, when a revolver shot was heard. A neighbour, Miss Halse, heard four heavy thumps, and rushed into the street, and found Sir Malcolm Seton very agitated outside his door. Ho said there had been an awful tragedy inside, and asked her to enter and comfort Lady Seton; but the latter was quite collected. Lieuten ant-Colonel Rutherford did not attempt to escape. Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford appeared in a dazed condition at the West London Police Court. _ _ Inspector Savage stated that he visited t,he house at 12.30 a.m. and saw Seton's body with three bullet wounds in it. Later he saw the accused at the police station. Accused said he would like to 6end a message to his wife and tell her what had happened before she read it in the papers. He wrote the message. He did not reply when formally charged. Inspector Savage said it was not intended, at present to put in the message which accused sent to his wife. Accused was remanded. Liout-enant-Colonel Rn +v ierford was awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry in France. He came home on leave three weeks ago. i Major Seton was of big build and strong physique, and was a well-known game hunter. Ho came to England in Augustj 1916, and had been working as a medical officer in the Australian camps. He will be buried in the Australian military burial ground at Brookwood on Saturday. He was unmarried, and is stated to have been on friendly terms with the Rutherford family! MELBOURNE, January 17. Major Seton, prior to becoming attached to tho Medical Section of the Commonwealth Forces, was a prominI ent Collins street doctor. j By the last mail his agents were advised that his mother had died and that he had inherited her estate and intended remaining in England. He asked them to wind up his Australian affairs: He served in the South African war.