THE TASMANIAN TRAGEDY
I "I WISH I WERE dEAD!"
[l(t FusiiW Pbbss AssocuTpion.T ' ;■-'.-•, -'i ; ■',: ii ; j I;-.. •;• (Received 8.45 »>m.) Sydney, November 4. , Woodruff has-been committed for trial' for attempting to murder his wife anrl son. Woodruff, in a statomen'l to the police sooii after the tragedy, said he 1 was ' fcfcffermg tl front > meiitaT' ■' trouble .tjhrpugn ■'■ the' fesfe.-pf 1 anohyhidils - circulars .""'■ He ;I got ouf-of j Wlty when & fit ; 6f Wiadn-ese canie'ovter him, and he Seized ah axe and attacked' his sonand wife: " " ""
i Then he came to his senses and tried to commit suicide/' ."This is terrible," he said, "I Wish I Were dead.",
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 54, 4 November 1913, Page 3
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106THE TASMANIAN TRAGEDY Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 54, 4 November 1913, Page 3
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