PERTH TRAGEDY.
Murder and Suicide.
A tragedy occurred in Moore Street, when John Odgers, a labourer, shot his wife dead and then blew out his own brains.
A few months ago Odgers married a widow named Moulau, but owing to his dissolute habits, the wife obtained a separation order. Yesterday Odgers met his wife in the street and threatened her. She took refuge in a shop, the owner of which tried to prevent Odgers following her, Odgers threatened to shoot the owner, and pushing past him, fired three shots at his wife, and, returning to the door, shot himself.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19080604.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 393, 4 June 1908, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
99PERTH TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 393, 4 June 1908, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in