BARMAID SHOT DEAD.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 195, 22 September 1914, Page 7

BARMAID SHOT DEAD.

MURDER AND SUICIDE. A FATAL INTERFERENCE. CHAUFFEUR ATTEMPTS HIS EMPLOYER'S LIFE. s "FIRST SHOT MISSES THE MARK. By Cable. —Press Association. —CovurtsjTit. September 22, 12.10 p.m.) • SYDNEY, September 22. A'matt named Hugh Brown, a chatiffeur, attempted to shoot Mrs Frank Jefferson, licensee of the Rifle Brigade Hotel. He missed his mark, and a barinaid named Miss Foley rushed to Mis Jefferson's assistance. Brown, mistaking her for Mrs Jefferson, fired again and killed her. lie then committed suicide. ». Brown is a married man, and it is feelieved he was infatuated with Mrs Jefferson. . Yesterday he enlisted in ftie Expeditionary Force as a motor transport «feiver.-