The Coburg Tragedy.
. (J?4r Te Anau at the Bluff.) tU:iITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.*)* -I Melbourne, Feb.. 2. i !A; ease of 'murder and attempted suicide qecurred on Tuesday r last at ,Coburg r m the, fishily of MrUainp'soh, for several ye^rs *,ar jnburer at Pentridge. It appeurs f rbnV 'the confession of one of his dau&hfetfs tlmtishe eiSnspired with three bf her si|3teTs; ;^ younw wbmep, and her mother, j to j fJkill 3 younger r < sister, aged nine, preparatory' to' coinniitting. suicide m ordeV t^;/^es(»^.'\.|etnptatiipnV^':T4el; (Snild's thrgat^waa <jut b^Mra .vHampspii', ' 'While the dhildVaa^heM'lbx. Kei; listers. Then the $d^r£inm^ted^eViei i e c^i'ta''Oii^ each otper's arms,, ,I'roin ; which .they jieafly bled to death. v A 'strong taint 'of insanity i,uns, ,ip f^the. ancL r it, is, said tha ; ha*^ been ire|id j fng the Vaujifall (rase We 'disclosures, which have affected , '.jtheiri, intellects, causing them to ioiaajin^ Uhey^were'kll victims of designing men. On Wednestda^r an i lquest was held ofi tTlS'b'ody of Hhd child , ibutithad tbi be .postponed; as ■ |th| sisters were unable tp. ntten.d. The 'inquest was adjourned for a_ruonth. The eldest son^pf.,^he.ffainily i . then showed ,Bigns pf -ihsahity, .' and a ' doctor recommended jhis, r being" Jocke^d ' up.' ' Since' th6n wkli the 'grea^st^drfficulty'ne lias been : ',pA^ii'ade(l''td cdnsnmesiifficient food to ' keep, him. alive, ,he' being;under tho iiii' •pire's^biij that there i> a conspiracy, ;to poison bjiuu . r
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2
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224The Coburg Tragedy. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2
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