MELBOURNE TRAGEDY
(Australian Press Association)
ALELBOURNE, Alny 31
A man named dementi Co-mpsiou. aged 28 years, a musician .was shot dead at midnight at a small house in Fitzroy. An hour later .the police discovered Arthur Uiscoek, aged 45 years, a hairdresser, lying in a lane adjoining the King’s Theatre in* the city, shot through the forehead. ’ He died later at the Alelbourne Hospital. lliscock left a note in his pocketbook,, saying that he had shot a man in Fitzroy because lie had stolen his wife.
All's Hiseock told the police that she had been separated from His cock for three years. She was terrified of her husband. Slu: said Compsbon had appeared with her in broadcasting perfoirmances at Station 3 L.O. Melbourne, and had always accompanied her home. He lived (.'lose
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1929, Page 6
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132MELBOURNE TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1929, Page 6
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