A TERRIBLE PRICE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 140, 20 July 1914, Page 7

A TERRIBLE PRICE.

THE YASS TRAGEDY. NORMAN M'BEAN'S CONFESSION. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 18. Norman M'Bean's letter, confessing, to the murder of Miss M'Alister stated, O 7 "The girl has paid a terrible price. I will j?ay mine. Ido not want an innocent person to be blamed. I offerbd Miss M'Alister private marriage; she desired open reparation. The first shot killed her." BROODING OVER SIN. TO SAVE HIS FATHER. (Received July 20, 8.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 20. The coroner found, that Norman M 'Bean murdered Gertie M 'Alister. An added rider stated that there was ample evidence to show that he was not ir a normal mental condition at the time the deed was committed. M'Bean's confession stated that he and the girl had sinned once. He brooded over it until everything became bla«k,andhe wasmad. He had always ldd a clean life before, and had considered his father from the start, or he should have gone out into the open and married the girl. He knew that this would nearly kill his father. He further added: " I sinned," then 1 brooded, and then this—-We have both j paid for our sin, causing misery and j suffering to othersi" • ' I