AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1741, 5 May 1913, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDIES.

"A COLD WORLD FOE CHARITY." By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright 7 Melbourne, May 3. Percy Coates, the Ballarat engineer, who became suddenly demented, and wounded his wife and a son aged five, and shot another four-year-old boy dead" and then turned the revolver on himself, has succumbed to his injuries. j The mother and tho other little boy have not sustained serious injuries. Coatc3' .was 'known as "Pessimistic Percy," owing to -his doleful view of life. He arrived hero nine months ago, and his family followed in March. Questioiied about a revolver he was handling on- Thursday, he. told his wife that ho would lo all right'if lie remained with her, but that it was* n. cold world for charity. A GIRL'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Sydney, May 3. At the inquest on the girl Porter, whoso body was found in some scrub near the Punchbowl Railway Station oil March 5 last, tho' Crown representative said ho had been specially requested to stnto that the polico \fero thoroughly satisfied that deceascd's brother Vas in no. way concorned, ill tho matter. Ho was away at work tit tho time. A HUSBAND'S .CRIME. Sydney, May 3. Mrs. Alvian, who a few days ago was shot by her husband at Ashfield Park, the .man (a Frenchman) afterwards committing suicide, has succumbed to her injuries. . . A CHAUFFEUR.. SENTENCED. Melbourne, May 3. Albert Leivis, the chauffeur, who on February 2 last ran down and killed Mrs. Donald, wife of Dr. Donald, was found guilty of manslaughter,'and sentenced to nine mouths' imprisonment. [Mrs. Donald was walking in company with sflmo friends along a mad, wlien the motor-ear driven by Lewi? dashed into them. Mrs. Donald was dragged 30 yards along the road and received _ internal injuries, from which she expired shortly afterwards. Lewis stated that when lie Paw a li"hfc v/tich a boy of the party was carrying he tried io avoid tho pedestrians bv pulling io the left side, but when hn swerved (lie car dashed into them. He thought the lurht was attached to a cart, and made allowance for' such a vehicle to pass.]