A CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY
A SUITOR'S SUICIDE. I Uy Telegraph.—Press Association. Christehurch, Thuisuay. ' James Orr, wliarf labourer, went for a holiday to the Port with Ins sweetheart yesterday and evidently quarrelled with her on returning to the tity in the evening. Ik immu a -"iv ai the girl's home, in Falsgrave Street, and a constable was tailed in. On seeing the 'constable, Orr put a revolver to his temple and bred. His condition is now critical. It is said that Orr tried three times to slmot the girl, bin tlie weapon missed fire. t'hristelnircli, Last Night, Orr, the principal in the Kalsgrave Street tragedy last night, dieil of his , self-inflicted injuries to-day. He never regained consciousness.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 68, 16 April 1909, Page 2
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115A CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 68, 16 April 1909, Page 2
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