A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
SUN SHOOTS HIS FATHER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney J January 13.' : A terrible ■'shouting., fatality took place at Overtown; The household of ; John Field, a dairyman, was disturbed at night by a supposed burglar. Field and his sons, with firearms, searched,for the intruder," and One son, during the excitement, mistook his father for a burglar and fired, killing his father., . A DIFFERENT VERSION. : '"'. ; ... Received 13, 1(1 p.m. Sydney,' January IS. A later version of the shooting 'fatality says that Field's son saw a stranger at the gate who did not return a friendly greeting. After warning those insiue, the reapproaching stranger was fired at. Another son tired a couple of shots to frighten the stranger, who, he now believed, lived in return, killing Field.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 5
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127A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 5
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