LOVER’S CRIME
MURDERS SWEETHEART IN HER BED THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF By Telegraph—Press Association. , Copyright. (Rec. May 13, 9.50 p.m.) Brisbane, May 13. Following the refusal of Doris Ludwig, a girl of 17 years, to keep company with him, William Lord, 25 years of ago, during the early hours of the morning, climbed through the window of the room where the girl was sleeping with her sister at Atlielstane Hotel, Rockhampton, and shot; her in tho head with a revolver while she slept, and then shot himself twice in the head. Lord fell beside the girl’s bed. The sister was awakened by tho revolver shots, and going to the door stumbled over Lord’s body, and then found that Doris had been shot. Both died shortly after. Tt was discovered that Lord had been keeping company with Miss Ludwig for several months, but yesterday she told him she did not want to see hija again.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 196, 14 May 1924, Page 6
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154LOVER’S CRIME Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 196, 14 May 1924, Page 6
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