KILLED HIS WIFE
A MADMAN'S CHIME. frKR PKES3 ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, .hi no 4. William Jones was tried to-day on a charge of murdering his wife at Windsor. j The jury found accused not guilty on the grounds of insanity. They made a recommendation that Jones bo kept under the strictest surveillance. (On April 17th a Sydney cable mes- ’ sage reported that William Jones, of Windsor, was sitting at the dinner table, when he suddenly became de- ' rnented. He rushed into the yard and returned with an axe. with which he struck his wife twice on the head, the sharp edge splitting her skull. There was no hope of her recovery, and she expired a little la*er. Jones afterwards stated that he could not help committing the deed.)
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 June 1912, Page 6
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