THE DEATH SENTENCE.
THE COPMANIIURST MURDER. Cv Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received "2f>, v.5 p.m. Sydney, April 23. • Lindsay has been sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Lloyd, at Coptnanliurst.
A Sydney'cablegram, dated January 13, says:—A shocking tragedy occurred at Copmanhnrst. 'Mrs. Lloyd, wife of a farmer, admonished an ex-State boy named Lindsay, twenty years of age, whereupon he shot her dead. The crime occurred when- the woman was going milking at 4 o'clock in the morning. Lindsay dragged the body to the house, and then wrote to his sister, who is living in Sydney: "Just shot Mrs. Lloyd dead. Pray God forgive me," He then went to a neighbor's house and related the occurrence, on his way to surrender to the police, when he was 'arrested.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 285, 24 April 1913, Page 5
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127THE DEATH SENTENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 285, 24 April 1913, Page 5
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