A TRAGIC QUARREL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3492, 21 May 1920, Page 5

A TRAGIC QUARREL.

19‘A'l‘HfER STABS HIS DAUGHTER

AND CUTS HIS THROAT.

WELLINGTON,‘ this day

i A distressing‘ tragedy ‘Occurred at I Otaki last evening. From such particuglyars as hive been obtained by tele~ phone, it appears that about 9:30 :11 man named McFall, 3 widower with, !four daughters, and a labourer by oc— I cupation. became engaged in an argu- , ment with his 11iuete0.n—ye{1r-old danglilltcr, Olive. .53. brisk interchan-g‘e of [words was overheard by a married ‘daughter, and the fa.lher"s tone was "more in the nature of a heated eontroversy than violent anger. The cause of the trouble appeared to be a let« ter which he demanded, and which she refused to surrender. The girl, it was stated, reznon.«:?l'ate<l, and suddenly was [heard to emit a loud cry and exclaim: l“Oh, father, you have sthvbbed me!” llmmediately after another call was I heard, and when the mn,rried daughter ‘ rushed into the room she was horrified to find both her father and sister in iextremis, and both died. 9. short. ntinm lafterwards. Evidence points to the ‘fact that the father, in the stress of ‘anger seized a sharp, thin instrument, !probably a ha:t—pln, and made a thrust at. the girl piercing her in such ;-1 vital spot as to cause almost instant death. It is then presumed that, '°io:rilie-'1 at his deed, the man seized a. racnr and cut his throat, inflicting a fearful gush. The tragedy was reported to the local police by the married daughter, and the police were quickly on the scene, but too late to be of any assistance, the victims of the quarrel and tragedy be- i ing quite dead. It is understood. Me—\ [Fall has been :1 widower for soinel 1 years. J :3 FURTHER PARTICULARS. 1 ANOTHER ACCOUNT. I LEVIN, This Day. ;A shocking tragedy took place at Otaki last» night, a maid named McFall Inurderi_lfg_f his daughter Olive, aged nineteen, then committing suicit_ie." The daufghter. was just re.tiring_.'t«o- rest. "when McFal_l called her tothim, and stabbed her tjgvice in the chest and back with a butc_her’s knife. then cut his own throat. Both died immediately. It is ‘lmderstood a serious charge involving another da.ughter was pending against McFall. ‘