TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
; A Whole Family MMore A. (Per Press Association,) . ~ Melboubne, December 9>"' A terrible tragedy is reported from Ballarat. Mr Johnston, a well-known stock and station agent, first murdered his four children, who were lying asleep in abed, by suffocating them,, and the deed was carried out so quietly that a servant girlwho was ! sleeping in the same room as tie children was not aroused. Johnston then proceeded to his wife's room and shot her through the head, finally taking poison himself. Both he and his wife only lived for a few minutes. Johnston's .affairs are said to be in a prosperous, slate, and the tragedy is believed to have been committed during a fit of temporary insanity.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3683, 10 December 1890, Page 2
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119TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3683, 10 December 1890, Page 2
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