THE NARRANDERA TRAGEDY
TV. J BOYS CHARGED WITH MURDER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 0, t).3U p.m. Sydney, April 6. Two seventeen-year-old boys, named Millar and Clare, are being tried for shooting Mrs. War by and her daughter, Each stated in evidence that the other did the shooting. Clare said they played games of cards, and lie won the first, which decided that he was to rob the farm. Millar won the second, involving the shooting. The police stated that Clare's rifle was clean, but Millar's showed signs of having been fired. SENTENCED TO DiSATH. Received 7, 12.30 a.m. v Sydney, April 6. Clare and Millar were found guilty, and sentenced to death. Two boys on a station near Narrandera shot Mrs. Warby and her daughter late in January last. The mother was proprietress of the Billingbah station. Mrs. Warby was emerging from an outhouse'when she*was shot in the head, and died shortly afterwards. The daughter rushed out, and was confronted by the boy with a pea rifle. She turned to run, and was shot twice in the head, and killed instantly. Both boys had been reading bushranging literature.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 272, 7 April 1911, Page 5
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188THE NARRANDERA TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 272, 7 April 1911, Page 5
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