TRAGEDY OF THE BUSH.
MATES IN RABBIT CAMP. A FATAL CONFLICT. (Received 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. According to reports from Wagga Wagga, a dispute arose between two men, John Sheldon and John Lang, rabbiters, at their camp at Wantabadgery. j It is alleged that Sheldon attacked I Lang, inflicting extensive injuries, afterwards tying Lang to the bed. Sheldon, according to Lang's story, then left for the nearest township. He later returned, I but meantime Lang had succeeded in freeing himself and had hidden behind the door. Presently Sheldon opened the door and advanced towards the bed with an axe in his hands, and when, he raised the axe Lang sprang upon him. A desperate struggle ensued, in which Lang secured the axe, and. it is alleged, inflicted injuries on Sheldon from which the latter died. Lang has been arrested.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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