WOMAN MURDERED IN SIGHT OF SON
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN NEW SOUTH WALES MINING TOWNSHIP By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright SYDNEY, Thursday. A shocking tragedy occurred at Gulgong, a mining township about 200 miles west ol Sydney. Mrs. Lily Taylor, housekeeper to a farmer named Arthur Morton, was at tea with the latter when he shot her dead. The murderer then committed suicide. Mrs. Taylor’s 12-year-old son had left the table and v/as sitting by the fire and Morton had left the room. On hearing a noise at the door the boy looked round and saw Morton pointing a rifle at his mother. Morton immediately fired aDd Mrs. Taylor fell dead. The boy ran for assistance, and when he returned he found the bodies of Mrs. Taylor and Morton lying side by side. Morton had apparently dragged his victim’s body away from the table and had placed a pillow under her head. He then lay down beside her, put the muzzle of the rifle in his mouth, and blew the top of his head off.— A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 109, 29 July 1927, Page 1
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