THE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
CROWD KEPT AT BAT. MURDERER ARRESTED. HIDING IN A CULVERT. LONDON", April 16. Details of the triple tragedy which took place yesterday at Bedlington, a village in Northumberland, yesterday, show that the innkeeper, John Amos* whose tenancy of the inn had expired,'had a dispute with Mr Woodirons, the owner of the house, regarding stocktaking. Mr Woodirons called in the police and Amos shot a constable in a tussle and reentered the house. Mrs Grice (wife of the incoming tenant) was heard at an upstairs window crying out, "Save mc!" Sergeant Barton attempted to go to the woman's help, but was also shot by Amos. ! The dead body of Mrs Grice was afterwards found in the cellar. Meanwhile Amos kept a crowd of 200 people at bay by threatening to shoot.-—c first, man who attacked him. He afterwards escaped through the back of the house. After a three hours' search Amos was discovered in a culvert. He surrendered When,* civilian fired down the drain and Slightly wounded him in the face.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1913, Page 5
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