MURDER AND SUICIDE.
AN ASIIUUno.N TI(A<;i;HV (Per l'rcss Association.) asiiisi rton-. \„ v . i::. Last, niffbt, alKMit .« o'clock. .Mrs L<f. a wkloh residing at AI i. was shot al Iter gate l.\ .lames t-; s . |»-y with » rvMjU.r, airl, ~| most Instantly. Kn|m-v tbi-n went in--!.].- -.mil shot hinwlf ileail. J.ATKIi. Further ilcta.K show that i..r nin.< lime past there hail i,.11,1 l»-. twren thv parties Hi., result of a civil act,in, hi Court in ilanh last uhi'ii Mrs 1.,-,. the Since tli.-n Ks|«-y threaten,-1 r., ,| n Mrs Iharm on several occasions Shortly after Mrs I„v's huslran.i 'l'"'. j". s l»> li-tan:r persistent his attentions. ami prcpos,*! inarriajie, hut met with a refusal. This a|n parenllv rankl.il In his miml. -! f)1 ] Jinally culnunatnl in tin- tra^.ih. Mrs be, acii.in]iatii.'i| i,y a vn.inc girl who was living with h. r.
returning from church. il( ni w }],!, neariirg her home, which is near l-V pey's plan-, he mm,. i r ,. m |,..|,.,ul n hedge. caught .Mrs 1..,. |, v (h „ throat, and <Ji-iiiniitl.-.1. -Uhat have f yoii l)-»en saying of me lat,.|\ •>* "Nothing." replied the woman. K s . |».y th™ shot her si'vcral limes uiil, a small revulverj then enteral his house, ami shot himself throiieh the heart.
At the iin|iii-if, , (he verilict was that .Mrs was murder,«[ h\ | pey, and that Ks|n-v commit teil sn'C'ifle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7977, 14 November 1905, Page 3
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221MURDER AND SUICIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7977, 14 November 1905, Page 3
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