DETAILS OF SYDNEY TRAGEDY.
MURDERED CHILDREN EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL. Sydney. February 7. It is slated that Williams frequently look his children to see their mother in t lie asylum. After the last visit on Friday, it is alleged he had a dispute with his wife’s relatives regarding the future of the children, when he declared he would under no conditions, permit them to be placed in a public institution, nor again would he take them to see their mother. According to the story of a friend of Williams, he, at the latter’s invitation, removed the furniture on Tuesday morning. Apparently the children were then lying under the bed coverlet, dead. While discussing business, he noticed the coverlet was thrown over what appeared to he lumpy articles. He took no further notice, but asked Williams where the children were. Williams refilled be had placed them in the care of a good lady and promised to bring them to sec the friend before departing for Brisbane mi Wednesday. The two men had a couple of drinks and parted. When Williams’ sister-in-law went to clean up the room on Wednesday night, slu* noticed the lumpy condition of the bed, and on turning back the coverlet, discovered all three murdered children lying side by side. ' According to the story of a boy playmate of Williams’ children, lie saw Williams re-enter the house on Tuesday afternoon, though no one else had seen him since concluding the furniture deal. The Williams children were covered with a counterpane. They had been dead since the previous day. On Tuesday Williams moved a quantity of his furniture from the house, and went away. He was not seen to depart, but, it is understood, took the children with him. The children, who were exceptionally beautiful, were fullv dressed, and had apparently been placed in bed after they had been murdered. The father was always passionately fond df them and looked after them himself. They were the best cared for children in the neighbourhood. The father himself was highly respected.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19240209.2.9
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
338DETAILS OF SYDNEY TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 2
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.