TRAGEDY ON A FARM.
SON SHOOTS HIS FATHER
AND COMMITS SUICIDE. liy Talc-'rapli.- Tress AsHWiiaUon.- Copyright , Melbourne, Friday. The bodies of Thomas Harrison and his son Jusi'ph were found in a home at. Moomgag in an advanced stage of decomposition The father had apparently been ."but through the chest while asleen in bed. The son evidently alternated suicide by cutting bin throat, and then blew the top of hi:; head oil'. He was clasping a gun in In:; hand. The tragedy wa". about a week old. A letter by (lie am shown that, he was dissatisfied vvilh life, on the farm, and had no other motive.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 440, 17 February 1912, Page 4
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106TRAGEDY ON A FARM. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 440, 17 February 1912, Page 4
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