MURDER AND SUICIDE.
CABLES.
A JAPANESE KILLS A FELLOW COUNTRYMAN. AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF. l'EiiTir, June 119 : The celebration of a child's birth by the Japanese at Broome had a tragic termination. One of the guests came armed with a rifle, revolver, and sword, and fired three shots at a countryman without effect. Then he cut the unfortunate man almost in half with one sweep of the sword. Tiie murderer returned to hi; own house, threatening the constable and a European by the way, and shot himself dead.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 45, 18 June 1896, Page 2
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88MURDER AND SUICIDE. Hastings Standard, Issue 45, 18 June 1896, Page 2
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