TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Sydney, May 4. A double murder and suicide is reported from Pyrraont, one of the suburbs of Sydney. A commercial traveller named John Monaghan took a revolver and shot his wife, aged 21 years, thrice through the head, and his child also, three years, once. The injuries proved fatal in each case. Monaghan then committed suicide. The cause for the deed is attributed to domescic infelicity.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 5
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73TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 5
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