THE LYFIELD TRAGEDY.
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, Melboprn'e, thiß day. Mrs Swell, step daughter of Mr Lyfield, states thab the latter quarrelled with his wife on Saturday, and renewed the row on Tuesday, when Mrs Snell heard agonising shrieks and groans and sounds of a severe struggle, but she was afraid to go to the assistance of her mother. Nexb morning, on looking through the window, ahe saw whab looked like a dead body on bhe bed, bub Lyfield eaid his wife had gone away. On Thursday her body was found lying in bhe bed covered with bage, bub ib had disappeared before Saturday. Ib is believed Lyfield was suffering from the hallucination bhat the woman had misconducted herself.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 253, 26 October 1896, Page 2
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122THE LYFIELD TRAGEDY. Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 253, 26 October 1896, Page 2
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