MORE AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1903, Page 3

MORE AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDIES.

PER PRE«S ASSOCIATION. Received 29, 2 59 p.m. Sypnet, January 29. A tr.igedv has occurred at Darlinghurst, Chailes Humphreys hiving eho; his wife, inflicting serious wtunds in the check and neck. H« the i blew out his own braii s. He had been drinking heavily. The woman will probably recover. Received 29,9.45 p m. Sydney, January 29. Mrs, Humphreys led an unhappy ;life owing to th* drunken habits cf and ill-usage by her husband, who las* nisht was under the it.fluonce of drink and thrfateaed to shoot bis wife, but I she fled to a neighbour'.- 1 . .She returned ! this morning and the quarrel was resumed on the verandah. Suddenly • Humphreys fired two shots at his wife, , both taking effect, -ind tLen suicided. I Humphreys was an ex-guardsman, ; and lived some time in New Zetland. Received 30, 1 5 a.m. j Sydney, January 29, I ' Another 'ragedy ha- occuue'. A | man named W»!ker b, camp i;,f>i ua ed with a married woman and Htk d her to live with hire, but she refused Thereupon he threatened to shoot her, so she Iffc the house to inform the police. Walker fired at', but misses! her. When she return* d she found Walker had shot himself dead in the street.