AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY.
DEMENTIA THE EXPLANATION.
(A. and NZ. Cable Association.) SYDNEY,- December 20. When flic police go ; t i nto 7 'telephonic communication with Laba'rtc after the tragedy, tlio only' hiiqrinnfioii 'he would give 'them was: ''I've gone over the >lvne." He repeated this several times. When the police first arrived they searched the. house, but failed to find Labarto, who, on their second visit, shot Mitchell. ' :" " i The exchange of shots was ' maintained .till 'Lab ; arto 's ammunition was exhausted. Five revolvers, a rifle, and a shot-gun were ' found in thtf house. Labarto is tlic sou of Canon Labartc, of Melbourne. H o was highly popular.. and won the M.C. at the Avar. His wife was a daughter of a prominent Melbonrno lawyer. They lived oil aiycctioiiato terms. The only expltination for the crime is de'me'hfia. '
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Grey River Argus, 21 December 1920, Page 3
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