MURDER AND SUICIDE AT WAVERLEY.
News was received iu Wanganui late on Thursday night of the cold-blooded murder of u wife, ami the deliberate suicide by a man ivknu'd Gallagher, at Waverley. No detailed particulars are to hand, but travellers from up coast state that Gallagher shot his wife in Ellis'* Hotel, Waverley, then put the pun to his breast and fired. The first shot, however, did not kill him, so he fired a second at his heart. The woman died at once, but Gallagher lingered, and died this morning. Waverley not being in this district, the police have no further particulars.
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Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 2
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