A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
MURDER.AND SUICIDE. ....■- |nv TELRiiiMi-ii-runss ASson.vnoN-cni-Yuißiii ) (Roc. March 23, 9.55 p.m.) Molbosirno, March 23. A tragedy is reported from North Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne. William Holmes, his wife, and their two children, nged, respectively, four years and two months, were- found dead in bed, Holmes with his throat cut, the others with their heads battered in. The man had used a claw hammer to kill his family, and then committed suicide.
Holmes had been unable to obtain work, and was despondent. It is supposed that ho committed the crime during a sudden fit of mania.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 464, 24 March 1909, Page 7
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98A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 464, 24 March 1909, Page 7
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