Shocking Tragedy
father murders iiis children.
AND COMMITS SUICIDE.
By CaMi—Press Association—Copyright Received 13, 5.20 p.m. Sydney, May 13.
After visiting friends with his wife and children, George Cottle, aged '29, took l:i s two sons, aged five and three years, for a walk. A L-'.v minutes later he was found in a hack hin« witli his throat cut, and the children dead beside liim, their heads being almost severed . Cottle is not expected to live. His wife is unable to give the cause of the tragedy, although she says her husband had threatened to cut her and the children's throats.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 293, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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101Shocking Tragedy Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 293, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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