MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING FATALITY.
By TclefiTii ph. Sydney, January 3. Investigation has so far failed to elucidate the mystery of the death of the young woman, Mrs Perkins, and her husband's etep-brother, a boy named Bertie Gilmorc, who we™ found shot dead in their home at Casino, New South Wales. The scene ol' the tragedy is a small • cottage on the outskirts of the town of Casin. Perkins is a hunter by trade, and left homo in the afternoon. On returning ho heard two reports, ran into the house, and found his wife lying on a couch dead, with a four months old infant crying on her breast. His step-brother was lying on the floor, also dead. Distracted with grief, Perkins ran out shouting, "My poor wife is dead." There is a theory, which is difficult tq justify, that the boy was playing with the gun, and accidentally Bhot the wo*ian. Then, terrified, he committed suicide. Two guns were used. -13oih belonged to Perkins.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 428, 6 January 1912, Page 5
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163MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING FATALITY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 428, 6 January 1912, Page 5
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