SHOOTING FATALITY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 22 September 1914, Page 7

SHOOTING FATALITY.

CV CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPFrtIGHT (Received Sen. 22 1.30 r> m ) ■■ . ' . MELBOURNE, Sep 22. ! -Hugh BroAvn,; a'^haffeur, attempted t<> shoot Mrs Frances Jefferson, licensee ot the Rifle Brigade Hotel, but missed his mark. A barmaid named Foley rushed to her assistance, and Brown mistaking her for Mrs JeffelW, fired and killed Miss Foley.. He s hen committed suicide. Brown was a, married man, and is believed to have been infatuated with Mrs Jefferson. He yesterday enlisted in the expeditionary force t a& a motor transport driver.