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jEJRISBANE, This Pay. I A. g. Whjjteford, joriperly n^mhcr for ! Bj-rfum.'-ii the General. .Assembly, and I >vho \yas defeated "in 1922, "was shot .de^d pvtsiie tlje Tiyoli Thfia'ti-e 1-ist evening', i An. eye-witness said fh.at $ plan ajnj "a 1 woman ,pjj one side .of the road -were engage,-! i.h an argument when a man crossed the street and shot" Whitford twicer in the chest.--He then fired three mpro shots into the bpdy as it lay prosirate on the gi-oupd, at the same time saying :'-"I think this-ivill settle you." After ahpgting' Whitford, the 'man threw away his revolver ajid ran.,''tout the pplice chased and .captured him. The man arrested is named James Lay-ion. The' c-j-jse-of. the shooting is not .disclosed, but when arrested Lay.don nfade a rcnjai-k which indicated that jt wag the outcome <rf a domestic matter.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1924, Page 7
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155SHOT DEAD Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1924, Page 7
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