SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
ATTEMPTED MUEDEK AND SUICIDE" (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION;) Melboubne, Nov. 15. A sensational shooting case occurred to-day m the principal street of Sandhurst. It appears there has been a long standing dispute between O'Keefe, a railway contracor, and Eussell, a sub-contractor. The men met m the street this morning arid Eussell drew a revolver on O'Keefe and fired two shots at him, but both missed the mark... The men then rushed at each other, and grappling, a struggle for life ensued. Before any of the bystanders could interfere, Russell disengaged himself sufficiently to again draw a Revolver and fire again on O'Keefe. This time the shot smashed the latter's frontal bone. Eussell, thinking he had killed his enemy, turned his revolver on himself and blew his, own brains out. O'Keefe now lies m a dangerous condition.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 255, 16 November 1888, Page 2
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138SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AFFRAY. Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 255, 16 November 1888, Page 2
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