STRANGE TRAGEDY.
SHOT DEAD AT BREAKFAST,
By Cable —Press Association —Copyright.
Sydney, October 31
A mysterious tragedy has occurred at Epping. Three recent immigrants named Belcher, Blunden and Rosen, who were boarding with a friend, were breakfasting, when Belcher suddenly rose, and went into an adjoining room. Returning with a revolver, he siiot Rosen dead, and a second shot inflicted a flesh wound on Blunden's neck. The third shot missed. Belcher then escaped, and the police are searching for him. The party were on the friendliest terms, and there is nothing to explain the tragedy, excepting that Belcher was aometimes peculiar in his manner.
Received 1, 10 p.m. Sydney, November 1
Belcher was remanded on a charge of murder. In reply to a question, he declared: "It's their own fault; they've led me such a life this three months."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 142, 2 November 1912, Page 5
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139STRANGE TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 142, 2 November 1912, Page 5
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