TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
MURDER OF A WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN. SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. (FES ____S ASSO-JL—ON-.» Beceived December 9th, 7.30 p.m. Ms-aou-M--, December 9. A terrible tragedy ia reported from Ballarat. Mr Johnston, a well-known stock and station agent, first murdered his four : children, who were lying asleep in bed, by suffocating; them, And the deed was carried out so quietly that a servant girl who was sleeping in the same room as the children waa not aroused. Johnston then proceeded to his wife's room, and shot her through the head, finally taking poison himself. Both he aud hia wife only lived for a few minutes. Johnston's affairs are said to be iv a prosperous state, and the tragedy is believed to have been committed during a fit of temporary insanity.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7731, 10 December 1890, Page 5
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