The Melbourne Tragedy
THE VICTIM STRANGLED Melbourne, July 19. Hay told the police that he quarrelled with Cox who accussed him of always being drunk when he came home. He struck Cox several times with a toy gun. He then grasped Cox’s throat and held it for 17 minutes till Cox was dead. He afterwards washed the dead man’s face. Mrs Cox also admitted Hay killed her husband. The medical evidence showed that Cox had been strangled to death, and that death was accelerated by a weak heart. The police also overheard incriminating conversation between accused while occupying adjoining cells.
Mrs Cox and Albert Hay were yesterday committed for trial charged with murdering the former’s husband.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4438, 20 July 1909, Page 2
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116The Melbourne Tragedy Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4438, 20 July 1909, Page 2
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