THE MANLY TRAGEDY.
Beeeived 12,18.12 a.m< Stdnit. Hay 11. At the inquost on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Bookes, the evidence showed they had been living apart for eighteen m i illi*. Ho worried his wife to return to law, but she refused. Just before the shootingshe called her husband ' a silly. Bookes replied • I will do lor you.' A postcard was found in Bookes pocket bearing the words ' It is because I love you that Ido this. Where Igo 'you go.'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8108, 12 May 1906, Page 2
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83THE MANLY TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8108, 12 May 1906, Page 2
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