FORCED TO WITNESS MURDER
Received Tliursday, 8.10 p.m. SYDNEY, April 10. Forcod «it gnnpoint to stand. aside, a man and a woman last 1 r,4>li1 watclicd wltile a husband nmrdered his wil'e and then falally wounded himselL Rieltard Charles Watson, ag'od 37, was living apart from his wife, Tvy Lillian AVatson at Kurri Knrri near Newcastle. Last night he visited the house at which she was staying and forcod the owners of the house to stand aside by flourishing a loaded automatic rifle. He fired twice at Mrs. Watson who ran screaming down the hallway until she was killed by a third shot. Watson then shot himself through tlie right templ e and died in hospital today. The Watsons leave six young children.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1947, Page 5
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