YASS TRAGEDY.
A SENSATIONAL SEQUEL. A CONFESSION AND A SUICIDE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received July 18. 12.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 17There has been a sensational sequel to tho. Yass tragedy. Norman M'Bean, aged thirty-five, a son of tho owner of the station, shot himself with a pea rifle, his body falling into the river in five feet of water. He left a confession of the crime, which will not bo opened till the .inquest. It is not known whether M'Bean was paying addresses to Miss M'Alister. (A young woman named Gertie M'Alister, employed on M'Bean's station, was found shot in tho kitchenAn inquest was opened, but nothing was disclosed elucidating the tragedy.)
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16606, 18 July 1914, Page 11
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112YASS TRAGEDY. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16606, 18 July 1914, Page 11
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