THE LONDON TRAGEDY
'INQUEST ON MAJOR SETON
SHOOTING ADMITTED BY
RUTHERFORD
■ Australian-New.Zealand Cable Association.'' ' "•;■ (Reo. January,2l; 9.45' p.m.) V: •.London, January ~18! :.. -.'.- i;-At■ tbe/ihqnest/on iMajor Seton,''who/ was:'.found shot :dead -in his., cousin's" house ...after- an- interview' with Lieu-tenant-Colonel Rutherford, the latter was,not present. .'•'■... .-. j .'~ . Sir Malcolm Seton (cousin of deceased) gave evidence that Seton; on; the night of'the tragedy, was in unusually good spirits. Rutherford's interview- • lasted- fifteen., minutes, and then shots were .heard. -/Witness found -.. deceased/'lyirig..acrbs's!'the hall. Appar/eiitly he was leaving when .he . fell. /Rutherford' admitted firing,the shots'. . He was very, quiet, arid' calm. He looked ..like a man who : had, decided to .do something, and/having done', it ...nothing else'mattered.'.-. ._ ; , Lady Seton/gave'evidence 'that dur- ."■' ing' Sir Malcolm Seion's. absence' Ruth.erford was. restless: ' 'She'heard the click of a pistdlj and'shouted '"Put' . that d0wn,. ; .;,.' Come,. oyer' here?'"Rutherford obeyed; and promised . not. /to touch it, ,'.:;.;■.■: ,„. v/,■■-; -;' .- ' A doctor gave evidence that he found, fourteen bullet-wounds on the body. The. shots-had been fired at very close quarters.—Aus.-N:z: 'Cable -Assn. ','■'•
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 100, 22 January 1919, Page 7
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166THE LONDON TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 100, 22 January 1919, Page 7
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