DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1922, Page 11

DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

ANOTHER SHOOTING AFFRAY. MAX AND WOMAN KILLED. MELBOURNE, March 23. The epidemic of domestic shooting affrays in Melbourne is becoming more serious. With another double tragedy to-day, five people have died and three wounded—two seriously —within a week. The scene of to-day - s tragedy was a small grocer's shop, occupied by Annie Ha>cot', in Melrose Street, Xorth Melbourne. Shortly after 1.30 p.m. neighbours were startled by the reports of revolver shots, and discovered Mrs. Paacoe —who was 4'y years of age —lying dead in a pool of blood on the floor of the shop. She ha-d a bullet wound in her temple and another in her breast. Almost simultaneously a woman who rented a room at the rear of the shop found the dead body of a man —who is believcxl to be have been Joseph Aloysius i'ascoe (54), hucband of the 3ead woman—in a bedroom. The shooting had apparently taken place in the kitchen, and after being wounded Mrs. Fascoe evidently staggered into the shop, where she fell dead. I'aeeoe was formerly a miner at Broken Hill, and at different times, through disagreements, is said to have lived apart from hio wife, who was assisted in the i-hop by a 60n and daughter of a former marriage. The police have been informed that Fascoe had threatened to kill his wife.