A MURDERER HANGED.
KILI/RD HIS WIFE AND CHILD,
London, August 13.
The man Robevfc Hudson, convicted of murdering his wife and child, was banged this morning. Hudson and bis family were sbayiag at a hotel at Honialey, near Tbrisk, in Yorkshire, ab the time of bhe tragedy. One morning they went for a drive and tho man retmrned alone. He mad&aomo 6xcuae for the absence of bhe woman and her baby, and shortly afterwards took his departure. Suspicions wore aroused, and a search party was sent oub, with the result that the bodies were fouud buried 3in below the surface in a paddock some distance from fibe town. The throats of tho victims were cub, and a carving-knife with1 which the crime was committed was found beside tho bodies. Hudson was traced to Hing'sHeabh, Birmingham, and arrested, and was subsequently convicted of wilful murder. Hudson was a working man, and shortly betpre the tragedy hia wife and child camfj into a legacy of £170 each.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 197, 19 August 1895, Page 3
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