MURDER AND SUICIDE.
LOVERS WHO PARTED. (sr CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION' COPTBIQHT.) (acsthauan and h.z. cable association.) ' (Received May 13th, 9.50 p.m.) .. BRISBANE, May 13. Following th 6 refusal of Doris Ludvtfg, aged 17, to keep company with him, William Lor&, aged 25, during the early hours of the morning, climbed through the window of the room where the girl was sleeping with her sister, at Athelstane Hotel, Rockhampton. He shpt her the head with a revolver while she slept, then shot himself twice in the head. He fell beside the girl's bed. • The sister was awakened by the revolver shots, and, going to the door, stumbled Over Lord's body; then she found that X?°ria had been shot. Both died shortly afterwards.' Lord had been keeping company with D6ris for several months, but yesterday she told him she did not want to see him again.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18072, 14 May 1924, Page 9
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