MURDERER AT BAY.
BESIEGED IN A CHURCH. THREE MEN SHOT DEAD. 81/ DA Jimp n. -\ farm labourer named Tomsio. wl-.n yesterday killed hN erajiloyer named Krauser and the latter'ri wife in revenue for their refusal to consent to Tomsic's engagernnnt to their slaughter, and then took refugp in a church ftenplp. renewed the firm; at daybreak. Th,- polir-e repeatedly tired volleys. Tomsk- was armed with a. Browning pistol, and had 300 rartrid.'es. He kiUed threp men and wounded 19. and th.-a yielded to a prie.-t'.- appeal to -urrender. The firing destroyed the altar and many pictures in the church.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 135, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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