SHOT DEAD IN STREET.
FORMER QUEENSLAND [ LEGISLATOR. (BY CABLE—rEESS ASSOCIATIOK COPSTBIOBT.) (AUSTBAX-lAK AKD S.S. CABLE ASSOOATIOH.) BRISBANE, January 30. A. E. Whitford, formerly member for Burrum, in lie Legislative Assembly, who was defeated in 1522, was shot dead outside the Tivoli Theatre. An eye-witness states that a man and woman on one side of the road "were engaged in an argument. Then the man crossed the street and shot Whitford twice in the chest. He then JJTS3 three more ehots at tho body as it lay prostrate on the ground, saying: "I think this will settle you." After the shooting, the man threw away the revolver and ran. The police chased and captured him. The cans© of the shooting Eas riot been disclosed, but when arrested the man, whose name was given as James Laydon, made a remark which indicated that tho tragedy WU3 an outcome of sv domestic matter. Later. James Laydon, charged with the wilful murder*of Mr Whitford, was remanded to February 6th.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 9
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165SHOT DEAD IN STREET. Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 9
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