WOUNDED VICTIM'S STORY
Of the two wounded victims, Mrs." Parry, of South Melbourne, has a fractured jaw and a wound in the back. John Moxham, of Essendon, has wqunds in the back and right arm. Moxham told the following story:— With his wife and children he was looking at the flowers. He suddenly felt aa if he had been hit with a hammer in the small of the' back, and then saw a man rise from the grass sixty vyarda away with a rifle to his shoulder. He shrieked, and the man ran. away.' Previously Moxham heard seven or eight shots. He thought that someone was shooting cormorants. Showing a wound in his hand, Moxham pathetically said: "As an accountant I shall not be able to do any more work with this hand. It is hard luck for the wife and kiddies." Mrs.' Moxham stated' that the man aimed at her after shooting her&usband. She ran, the man dropped to the ground and fired, and she saw him shoot a woman on a seat nearby. In their search for the murderer duringsthe night the police arrested a young man, who, however, was able to satisfactorily explain that he was engaged in the same search.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 7
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204WOUNDED VICTIM'S STORY Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 7
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