MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A DEMENTED FATHER'S CRIME
(Received Oct. 10," 2.20 p.ai.) JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 9 :
A man named Cunningham, employed at the Randfotatein battery, became suddenly demented and shot his wife and sister-in-law dead. He then cycled to a school, called out his three children, and shot each of them." He. afterwards rode to the mine and committed suicide by taking prussic acid.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 October 1913, Page 5
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63MURDER AND SUICIDE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 October 1913, Page 5
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