DEATH OF INVALID.
SON SUPPLIED REVOLVER
OIUMIXAL ODARiGE FOLLOWED
*i e^ans—mass associa'i ion—copysiout,
SYDNEY, July 7A young man n amed David Winckler was charged with, murderi«g hi.s lather, Franz Winckler, at Wentworthville. The evidence, showed that the father was a hopeless invalid and several time's had asked the son to buy him a revolver to enable him to end his Kiltie ring. The son finally purchased a revolver, and When the mother and the rest of the family retired, he gave ii to his father anti went to another pail of the house. He heard a report and returned to his father’s room, where In? found him tlead with a bullet in hi* head. The jury returned a verdict, of guilty as an accessory be fore t he-Tact \vith a strong recommendation to mercy, besides suggesting that'"lie be given the benefits of the First Offenders’ Act. The judge recorded sentence of death. The evidence showed that the father and son had been on most affectionate tennis.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 July 1925, Page 7
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