THE AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.
DETAILS OK TUB MURDER. PES PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 13, 1.12 a.m. Brisbane, June 12. Liter de'ails show that Tuokerman was suffering from a religious minia. He declared he was King Solomon and must offer human sacrifice. His wife", to whom he was devoted, undertook to manage him. An employes heard him eay to his wife " I am going to kid you, for, much 88 I love y u, you must go to Heaven." She then ran ou* and Tuckermin, armed with a rail, followed. The emp'ovee triad to iuteicept him, but was knocked down. He saw Tuckerman strike his wife on tha head. The murderer then returned to the house and exprossel his intention to get a raz>r and kill the emp'oyee who fled for Resistance. fuckeinno now boas's he kil'el his wife and regrets he hvi not ki'led his three children.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 190, 13 June 1903, Page 2
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145THE AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 190, 13 June 1903, Page 2
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