TRAGEDY IN VICTORIA.
4 SON SHOOTS FATHER, AND KILLS HIMSELF. Bj Telezrarli—Prcus Association—CoDJTlelit Melbourne, February 10. The bodies of a man named Thomas Harrison and his eon Joseph have been found at their home at Morang in an odvanoed stag's of decomposition. Tho father apparently was shot in. the chest while asleep in bed, and tho son evidently attempted to commit suicide by cutting hie throat, and then shot himsolf. He was found clasping a gun in his hand. A letter by the son shows that he was dissatisfied with his life on the farm. There seems to be no other motive.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1366, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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102TRAGEDY IN VICTORIA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1366, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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