TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
II'AMiiLY MURDER), ANiD SUICIDE. Received 23, H. 55 p.in. Melbourne, March 23. A tragedy i* reported from North Jirightoji. William Holmes, his wife ami two children, aged l respectively (four years and two months, were iound dead in bed. Holmes had his throat cut, and the others' heads were battered in. The man had used a claw hammer to kill the family, and then com'mitted suicide. Holmes had been unable to obtain work, and became despondent. It i<r*supposei! he coinmittvd the crime in a sudden fit of mania.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 50, 24 March 1909, Page 2
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91TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 50, 24 March 1909, Page 2
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