THE NIGHTCAPS SENSATION.
DEATH OF MISS GIBBON. By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, September 11. Miss Lydia Gibbon, the victim of the Nightcaps shooting tragedy, died this morning. (This sensational shooting case occurred at Nightcaps at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, September 2nd, when Henry Reid, a miner, shot Lydia Gibbon, with whose parents he lodged. Reid then attempted to commit suicide. Reid had been paying attentions to Miss Gibbon, who discouraged him, as she was engaged to another man. The two sat talking i*> the kitchen, and after all had retired shots werie heard. The girl was found lying in a pool of blood, with a bullet wound in her head. Reid was discovered down a well with a bullet wound in his palate. He died on Sunday night).
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8534, 12 September 1907, Page 6
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128THE NIGHTCAPS SENSATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8534, 12 September 1907, Page 6
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