SHOOTING AFFRAY.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ■ SUICIDE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. j^ l "* i ' Auckland, Monday. A German, who went under the name of L. W. Bomer, and who was boarding at n house kept by Mrs. Phoebe Cornish, Campbell road, next to the Royal Oak Hotel, on Sunday morning shot Mrs. Cornish. She raised her left hand as ehe saw a revolver pointed at her, and the bullet crashed through her forearm, missing her body. A second shot struck Mrs. Cornish on the left temple, but the bullet glanced oft the bone. Vomer then turned the .'Weapon on himself and put a bullet through his. own head, death ensuing. Mrs. Cornish, though suffering great pain, is not fatally hurt. Bonier is not the real name of the person who committed suicide. He was a well-educated man who was believed to have been well connected in Germany. His mind was' evidently unhinged. Deceased had shown a great fondness for one of Mrs. Cornish's children, but owing to his constant grumbling and disagreement with the others, had been told to leave the house.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 129, 29 June 1909, Page 2
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180SHOOTING AFFRAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 129, 29 June 1909, Page 2
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