MURDER AT MELBOURNE.
A POLICEMAN KILLED
THE MURDERER SHOOTS
HIMSELF
SYDNEY, October 12.
The police have been advised from Melbourne that Constable Johnson was shot dead whilst attempting to arre.st a man, who immediately shot himself dead. ....
He is believed to. be Shaw, who is wanted in eonnecticm with. th.c murder of Constable. Guilfoyle, at Sydney, same time ago. Nf>. details • are. to hand.
A constable has- left" for Melbourne to identify the dead mail.
(Received' 8.42 a,m.)
MELBOURNE, this day.
A man having- -interfered with a little girl who was wheeling a perambulator at St. Kilda, Constable Johnson, at" the request of -passers-by, -went in pursuit of the culprit on-Ms bicycle. ■■■■"■ .-.'■-■■ i;
As he approached the man the latter turned and shot him dead with a
revolver.
The murderer threatened the witnesses of the tragedy with the same fate if they followed him, and then coolly walked away.
Finding two police constables tracking him, he turned on them, revolver" in hand, apparently intending to fire on them.
Changing,his mind, however, he put the revolver -to "his own head and blew his brains out.
The tragedy occurred at mid-day, and caused a great sensation.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 243, 13 October 1902, Page 5
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