Farm Tragedy
SON SHOT BY HIS 'FATHER.
RESTRAINED FROM SUICIDE.
Received 23, 10.30 p.m. Perth, June 23.
■Frederick Smith, who lias been arrested for the murder of his son at Tennessee, states that both were discussing the arrangements for the control of their respective properties, when the son lost his temper and threatened him. The father seized a gun and pointed it at his son, who rushed his father. The latter fired, intending to aim at his son's legs, but the charge entered the lad's body, and lie rolled over, dead. The father adds that he was only prevented from using the second charge in his own destruction by the thought that the native dogs would-get both bodies.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 29, 24 June 1914, Page 5
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118Farm Tragedy Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 29, 24 June 1914, Page 5
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