SAVAGE CRIME
IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES WOMAN KILLED AND BROTHER GRAVELY INJURED. YOUNG MAN ARRESTED. By Telegraph—Pless Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, February 5. The brutal murder of a prominent young woman and grave injuries to her brother have stirred the northern districts of New South Wales. The dead woman, Constance Sommerlad, aged 36. kept house for her brother, Eric Sommerlad. aged 26. farmer, four miles from Tenterfield, where the family was well known and respected. Miss Sommerlad was apparently attacked with an axe while in bed, her head being frightfully battered. Her brother, similarly assailed, was found unconscious. There is little hope of his recovery. The tragedy was discovered on Saturday by a sister who was visiting the house.
Miss Sommerlad was a niece of Mr E. C. Sommerlad, manager of the Country Press Association, New South Wales.
A later Brisbane message states that a man about 25 has been arrested in connection with the Tenterfield murder. Eric Sommerlad is slightly improved.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 February 1939, Page 5
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161SAVAGE CRIME Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 February 1939, Page 5
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