A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
FARMER FATALLY SHOT
Received January 23, 9.35 p m
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyriulit Sydney, Yesterday.
A mysterious tragedy occurred at Hillgrove last night. Mrs Watson, wife of a farmer, was waiting the arrival of her husband from the township, when she heard a shot and screams, and rushing out, discovered her husband beside the cart he was driving with a bullet wound in his head. The man died before assistance arrived.
A young man named Skinner has been arrested on a charge of murdering Watson.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 433, 24 January 1912, Page 5
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87A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 433, 24 January 1912, Page 5
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