A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
';. .v. DEAD WIFE'S LETTER. ■ By Teleeraph—Presa Aesociation— Cooyrlnht ' :'.; Melbourne, March .9. A. further development occurred, at the inquest concerning. the death of Mrs. Day (who, after cutting her. throat, set fire 'to.her house,' the, result being the death of "herself arid, three children). .. : A. letter, .from Mrs. : Day;' addressed to .the .Chief..fCommissioner.: of: Police, was read, in which she accused her husband of wrpnK-doing' with her stepsister, and intimated .her. intention of putting, an end .to .the condition of things,. adding; that some'people would say she was mod; ; Rose Woodward, the. stepsister, admit-, ted beinß in love, with Day. She' stated that on tbenightofthe fire, the deceased awoke her ami'.led her to the dining-, room: apparently!trying, to throw.her on the fire...; /'• '.' .■■',/■ •■' •-.-. ■ '■■ ■ '■■' .-'
■ -A verdict was 'rcrurhed.'-that deceased wns'mentally' unsound: when she took her life:-".-..:': ' "■':'■] '.<.■■. ."'■'■.: ■■'
■,' Poir had '.been discharged from' the priic<>; force for- joining : in - the : nanie of his' brother because. he was over the regulation'age., .;,■_ '.','.-..■ , :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 7
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158A FAMILY TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 7
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