A TRIPLE MURDER.
MAN KILLS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. DELUSION THAT HE WAS POVERTY-STRICKEN. PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT Reoeived 5.18 p.m., Sept. 9. London, September S. Robert Rogerß, upholsterer, o£ Kendal Rise, has been remanded on a charge of the murder of his wife and two children. He attempted to kill a third, also the wife of hia brother, with a razor. A fearfai straggle took place before the murderer was disarmed. The act is attributed to a delusion that he was faced with poverty and starvation. The brother recently arrived home from New Zealand.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1856, 10 September 1906, Page 2
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94A TRIPLE MURDER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1856, 10 September 1906, Page 2
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