A BRUTAL MURDER.
WIFE AND INFANT KILLED. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYBIGHT) (Received September 20, 1(1 p.m.) Sydney, September 26. An ex-policeman named McCoy, at Mudgee. murdered his wife and infant child with an axe. He dashed the brains of both over the floor. He also threatened one of his boys. The couple frequently quarrelled. The murderer alleges that his wife threw hot water over him and was an unnecessarily jealous wife.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 346, 27 September 1898, Page 2
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70A BRUTAL MURDER. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 346, 27 September 1898, Page 2
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