TRAGEDIES.
A ' RUSSIAN MURDERER'S • EIGHT ■ VICTIMS. By Teleeraph—Press Association—Oopyrignt. St. Petersburg, February 17. '. A Russian deserter,, named Roszietski, murdered a Polish farmer, his wife, and six. children with' an axe. Ho then ransacked tho house tlhd stole X 4. ' "When shown, photographs of the vic:tims . Roszietski ,confessed. _: His motive was revenge for dismissal by the farmer.. : ' : ■ AN OPEN VERDICT, ■ Sydney, February 17. . In connection with the Eureka tragtho jury found that Clarke had committed ' suicide, and returned an open verdict with regard to Keys' case. The theory advanced -was that tho shot that killed; Keys might htivo been 'accidentf ally fired.
[The. tragedy, according' to? previous cablegrams, was the result of a quarrel between the. two/men;'both • farmers.. They, had, been drinking together, and in the course of a, quarrel which arose Clarice shot Keys, who was his in-law, ■ dead. Thereupon Clarke turned the weapon: against himself, and blew.his own brains put. First, however, ho told his.wife that ho had killed Keys, and then committed suicide in her presence, d«Bpite all her efforts to dissuade him.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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175TRAGEDIES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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