BATTERED TO DEATH
(Press Assn.-
POSTMAN'S MAD ACT
-By Telegraph — Copyright).
Sydney, July 2. Herbert Francis Perkins, 43, a letter carrier, at Enfield, battered 1 his wife, 12-year-old' daughter and a baby with a trenchihg tool. All are dead and a small boy is in hospital in a critical condition. Perkins afterwards committed suicide, almost severing his head from his t>ody. Neighbours state that he had been worrying regarding a pending departmental enquiry.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 573, 3 July 1933, Page 5
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