THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11916, 10 June 1904, Page 5

THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY

! INQUEST PROCEEDING. A TALE OF JEALOUSY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June 10th, 0.48 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 9. The inquest on tho death of' tlie girl Pounceby is unfinished. The evidence of Walker is that Pounceby had been keeping company with him for oi considerable timo They were mutually jealous. A fortnight before the tragedy Pounceby told a friend they had quarrelled. She could not live without him or elioot both. A private detective deposed that Pounceby last Monday week employed him to ascertain if Walker were married, and his relations with other women. She was very excited. Another witness saw them in the hotel together the night before the shooting. Walker was drunk, and the girl sober. Pounceby asked what she should do if her boy went with other, women. Witness- replied: "Leave him or shoot him." Pounceby said: "I will shoot Walker to-nighti" adding,. "II you look at the papers to-morrow you will see a tragedy." The experts are positive that the note found in the room is in Pounceby's hand-writing. A man named Walker and a woman named Pounceby were found dead, both being shot through the head, in a room in Castkreagh street. The man was holding a revolver in his hand, but a note in the woman's writing indicated that she intended to kill Walker. Telegrams found in the man's pocket were sent by a woman, making an appointment. It was believed that after killing the man the woman shot herself, placing the revolver in Walker's hand "before slie died. Jealousy was the cause pi the tragedy. Later messages said.that the medical evidence was againet the theory that tlie woman shot the man, despite the girl's letters expressing bar intention to kill Walker, whom she believed to be unfaithful to her. The note to the effect, that the girl Pounceby intended to kill Walker, previously'identified as her handwriting, waa oW subsequently said to be identified as Walktr'a writing disguised.

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