DREADFUL TRAGEDY.
SON MURDERS HIS FATHER, NEARLY KILLS HIS MOTHER, ATTEMPTS TO MURDER HIS SISTER. THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. By Tolegraph—Press Association —Copyright Recoivod March 18, 10.30 p.m. Sydnoy, March 18. A young man, natnod Elwyn Richards, son of a well-known, squatter, near Forbos, shot his father and mother, as tlioy lay in bod. Ho next attempted to shoot his sister, and finally shot liimsolf dead. The woapon 110 used was a shot gun. The father is dead and tho mother is desperately wounded. The details to hand aro meagro. .
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 64, 19 March 1901, Page 2
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