THE NAPIER TRAGEDY.
CONDITION OF/THE VICTIMS, i
By Telegraph.-Press Association. • Napier, March & The girl Parkinson concerned in.last night's shooting affray was operated on during the.night; but the bullet was not extracted. improving, hut Waist's condition is still extremely critical; andbe is unconscious.
Owing to both the victims i n . the shooting being in a serious condition and unable to make statements, details are meagre. West and' Parkinson ,had been on intimate terms for some time, the girl having obtained a.marriage license •from the registrar, but the parties had not married. When Parkinson met West and Ford they had an altercation, and Ford tried to. intervene, but- without effect. West and Parkinson left him. and entered- a clump of willows near by, and shortly afterwards shots were heard.'
VICTIMS SHOW IMPROVEMENT. 1
Napier, Last Night. - This evening there is a slight improvement in the condition of West and the woman PaTkinaon. concerned" in the shooting affair, which took place last night. •
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 227, 4 March 1915, Page 4
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160THE NAPIER TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 227, 4 March 1915, Page 4
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