STATION TRAGEDY.
LADS CHARGED WITH MURDER
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Sydney, January 23. Mrs. Warby, who, with her daughter, was shot dead at a station near Narrandera, was proprietress of tho 13 i Hell ball Station. Two boys, Clare, aged 10, and Miller, aged 17, who worked on tho station, have been arrested on a charge of murder. Mrs. Warby was emerging from an outhoiuo when she was shot in tho head. Sho died shortly afterwards. Her daughter rushed out, and was confronted by a boy with a pea rifle. Sho turned to run, and was shot twice in the head and killed instantly. It is alleged that the boys intended to steal all the available money, and then burn tho house and the bodies, in order to hide their crime. BUSHRANGING LITERATURE. (Rec. January 31, 1.9 a.m.) Sydney, January 30. In connection with tho Narrandera tragedy, Reginald Clare stated that he, with the boy Miller, planned to rob tho place. Ho got the rifles and they 1 waited behind a tank until an opportunity occurred to shoot tho victims. Both boys had been reading bushranging literature.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1039, 31 January 1911, Page 5
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187STATION TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1039, 31 January 1911, Page 5
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