Awful Murder and Suicide in Sydney.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 119, 18 November 1895, Page 2

Awful Murder and Suicide in Sydney.

«. TRAGIC DEATH OF AN ACTOR AND HIS WIFE. (Per Press Associotion.) Sydney, This Day. An intense sensation has been caused in the city owing to the murder by Arthur Dacre, a well known actor, of his wife Amy Roselle, followed by his suicide. The couple were lodging in McQuarrie street where the crime took place late last night. For some time past they have been engaged playing with Leitch's Company at the Theatre Royal. The couple were taking leading parts in the Land of the Moa. They appeared on Saturday night, but neither were in the best of health. _ All day yesterday they kept to their rooms, reading for a new play — " The Silence of Dean Maitland." Late in the evening a noise was heard in the room, followed by a violent ringing of the bell. A housemaid answered, but could not open the door. Eventually an entrance was effected, when Dacre was found dy ing, and he expired soon after. Mrs Dacre was lying on the bed dressed in a night gown as if shot when in^ bed. Dacre seems to have acted methodically throughout the dreadful tragedy. He apparently shot his wife, rang the bell for the purpose of attracting attention, , and then went to the bedroom and cut j his own throat. Full light was thrown on the unfortunate man's state of mind by several letters he left addressed to Leigbton, who had been playing with him throughout the season in Sydney, in which he speaks of finanial troubles, and their friends ascribe the tragedy to the failure of the Australian tour and monetary difficulties. The generally accepted opinion, which is borne out by the tenor of the letters is that it was prearranged between them. Mrs Dacre was shot twice in the left breast, and death was apparently instantaneous. Dacre's wound was of such a nature that he could only have lived a very short time.