Two Shocking Tragedies.
9(per press association.) Melbourne, Tbjs pay. A shoemaker, named Toper, quarrelled with and murdered his wife at Elisternwick He almost cut her head ofl". The prisoner, when io gaol attacked the warder, took his keys and escaped. The governor of the gaol attempted to intercept him, but was knocked down and his skull fractured He is now in a preear ious condition The prisoner afterwards escaped Adblalpe, This Day. A labourer, named Pateman, living at Oronoo, shot his wife dead, and when arrested himself dropped lifeless, it ia supposed frotg tjjo effects of poison.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 111, 5 November 1894, Page 2
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97Two Shocking Tragedies. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 111, 5 November 1894, Page 2
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