MURDER AND SUICIDE.
— 7i '• * - ■ "TEMPORARY INSANITY." ' BI tttLEGRAra —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHT. London, /Jahuary'. 5. Further particulars aro to hand of the murder and, suioido of 'Major" Coate's iPhillip! —who, 'after shooting' at" and jnissing hii former' ' wife (who had 'divorced : him) wounded her mother and'a'solicitor .namet Smith: . ■ ! ; ■!" ■ I It transpires that,_ pVior.'to 'thof.sJiooting Major Coates Phillips aslteil Ill's former .wifi to remarry him; but she'refused! ; ',"i ■■■ At an inquest touching tho death; pf . 2,lnjoi Phillips, a verdict to the offect ; that ho com. mitted suioido whilst suffering'fi'onv'tempts ary insanity was rfltufif&l. Tho mother of Major'Phillipß's forrnefwife has succumbed to her injuries.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5
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100MURDER AND SUICIDE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5
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