LONDON TRAGEDY
JEALOUSY OR ACCIDENT? ( Received June 24 at 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, June 24. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association.) A tragedy possessing several mysterious features is contained in the discovery at the Shoreditch Public Library of the dead bodies of Thomas Daddies, M nged 60 the caretaker, and Edward Sarson, aged 37, his assistant. The former was poisoned, and Sarson was shot in the head. Chalked on a bench, bn Duddles’s handwriting, was the following:— “Had a terrible accident. I’ve shot Sarson. J am going mad.’’ The police are uncertain whether the shooting was accidental. Duddles left a note incucating that the men were (-leaning rifles of which Duddles who was an ex.blue jacket had a collection, and one went off. The men were apparently friendly but it is thought that Duddles may have harboured jealousy against Sarson, who was shortly to succeed him.
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Grey River Argus, 25 June 1925, Page 5
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144LONDON TRAGEDY Grey River Argus, 25 June 1925, Page 5
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