A Shooting Tragedy.
— — o (Per Press Association^ Melbourne, December 5. A tragedy has occurred at St. Kilda to-day. Leopold Hesse shot his son, Alfonso, aged 22, dead while tbe young man was at lunch near a window, through which the father fired a rifle. Tbe crime is supposed to be the result of strained relations in business matters. Hesse has been drinking heavily. The murderer has been arrested. This Day. Hesse submitted to his arrest quietly. He remarked several times '• I shot him dead." Deceased leaves a wife and child. _ ____ _
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 135, 6 December 1895, Page 2
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90A Shooting Tragedy. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 135, 6 December 1895, Page 2
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