TASMANIAN TRAGEDY.

Grey River Argus, 13 October 1922, Page 5

TASMANIAN TRAGEDY.

THREE MEN SHOT DEAD.

A TROOPER'S MISTAKE. .R E SID EN T S TERROR-STRICKEN.. [A. and N.Z. Cable Association.] HOBART, October 12. A triple tragedy surrounded bv mystery has occurred near Swansea. The body of an elderly men, Edward Duncombe, living alone in lhe bush, was found in his hut fatally shot. The hut, where deceased was supposed to have had a considerable sum of money, was rifled. Later, the dead body of a. second man, Thomas Carpenter, was discovered in the vicinity, shot in the back. Head-Trooper Henderson proceeded to the scene in a car. When nearing Duncombe’s hut, he got out leaving his revolver in the car, telling the driver that he would not want it. Henderson failing to return, the driver went to the hut and found the trooper shot dead. The indications pointed to a terrible struggle. The supposition is that the murderer had reurned to the hut, and Henderson surprised him and was trying to arrest him when the constable received the fatal shot. A strong force of armed police and civilians arc scouring the district in search of the murderer. The neigh- , bouring residents are terror-stricken. HOBART, October 12. A man has been arrested in connection with the triple murder, which is probably the most horrible in history of Tasmania. The arrested man is badly wounded, and the trooper who affected the arrest was also wounded. A struggle is indicated, but no details j are available. __