DREADFUL TRAGEDY.
WOMAN AND TWO ('ill l.l'liEN TOMAHAW K ED. DISAPPEARANCE Ob’ WOMAN S HUSBAND. By Telegraph—Press Association — Copyright. Received 11..'H1 p in.. May 2<U MELBOURNE. May NU A tragedy is reported from South Ya fra. The landlady of a place where a. voting couple named Stott and their two children were staying lailcd to amuse them, and then entered the
She found Mrs Stoll ami her Ihrec-year-old child lying dead in bed, with their heads battered in. There was a blood-stained tomahawk on the. floor. The second child was in lied, tmhtt rmed. Stott, is missing. Delias not been seen s lice be retired last night. Received 11.21 p m.. May 2ti. MELBOURNE. May 25. Lafer details show that the second Stoll, child, eighteen months old iad (he skull badly traelttreti, and recovery is hopeless. There are indications of a (errihlo st niggle. The other two victims were fearfully chopped about,. The iamily were in poor circumstances and occupied a single room. Stott is a, laborer. He was dismissed from bis employment, on Friday. lie is still missing.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 901, 27 May 1903, Page 2
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