THE PERTH TRAGEDY.
SILENT WITNESS IN THE WARDROBE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Roc. October 7, 11.25 p.m.) Perth, 1 October 7. In connection with the Perth tragedy, where ft Mrs. Molyneux was murdered, the girl Molyneux, who was hiding in a wardrobe while tho tragedy was enacted, states that she heard Odgers, after ho shot licr mother, say: "Well —I intended to do it." Mrs. Molyneaux, (luring the absence of her hupWOld, was pa ill aftinitious to by a man named Odgers. Subsequently tho Molyneaux9 removed to another district. Odgers, learning of their whereabouts, borrowed a riflo and ammunition, and visited Molyneaux's house. Ho demanded to see Hie wife, but tho husband warned her to escape. Then, after a struggles with Odgers for tho rifle, the husband himself fled with his two children. Odgers fired two shots at I hem without doing «my harm. Mrs. Molyneaux was afterwards .found dead and Odgers wounded, th«i lnttw Jtavlus attempted lo taka 1»(9 liio,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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160THE PERTH TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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