TASMANIAN TRAGEDY.
MAN ARRESTED. HOBART, October 14. Tho arrested man, George Carpenter, was discovered by one of the , police searching parties seven miles from the scene of the murder. The police surrounded a hut. which Carpenter barricaded. He later showed - fight. The police fired several shots and Carpenter came out badly wound- > cd in both arms. During the firing t Constable Dodd was wounded in tho arm by a bullet fr m one of his com- , panion’s rifles. Both wounded men i were removed to the Hobart Hospital Carpenter’s condition is serious. H<> was formally charged with the murder of Trooper Henderson, vlv’fii lie alleged he shot by accident. CARPENTER’S CAPTURE. HOBART. October 15. When the police surrounded his hut, Carpenter was asked to surrender. He replied by firing several charges from , a shot-gun. He screamed when the , police fired and wounded him. Th« police then rushed and broke into ths hut.
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Grey River Argus, 16 October 1922, Page 5
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