MURDER AND SUICIDE.
WEST AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. lliy Cable—Press Association. —Copjrig&i.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 30th, 7.55 p.m.) PERTH, May 31. At the inquest on Wynne and Edwards, a \eidict was returned that Wynne, while temporarily insane, due to war privations, shot Edwards, and then committed suicide. Evidence was j/iveu that Wynne was sometimes queer in his manner. He seldom spoke to other men, and even refused to work with tlieiii. LA previous message said:—Threw returned soldiers, Rogers, Wynne, and Edwards, wcro jointly iarnnng near Wagin. Rogers arrived in the township and reported that, after hearing two shots at the homestead, he had encountered Wynne, who had threatened to shoot him. The police visited tiie farm and found Edwards shot dead in tho house, r.nd Wynne with his throat cut and fatally shot a mile away. Tho cause of tho. tragedy is not disclosed.J
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17469, 1 June 1922, Page 6
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146MURDER AND SUICIDE. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17469, 1 June 1922, Page 6
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