TWO WOMEN SHOT.
Youth, 20 Yeai's Old, Sentenced To Death. A MOTHER'S EVIDENCE. 'United I'.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN", December 1. Charles Ross, aged 20, was found guilty of shooting Margaret Keppie outside Nairobi and was sentenced to death. A further charge ot' murdering Winifred Stevenson was not proceeded with.
floss, who is a game hunter's son, told his gaoler that the day before the tragedy lie shot eight zebra and covered himself with blood. He coolly described how he invited the women to a cinema and drove into tlie bush and shot them dead.
His mother stated that accused's father had an ungovernable temper and shot prisoners in the Boer War without rnercv.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 286, 2 December 1932, Page 7
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