BOY MURDERER.
SHOOTS HIS EMPLOYER,
[press association.]
SYDNEY, Nov. 5. A tragedy is reported from Spring Terrace, near Orange State. A boy named Duncan, aged 15 years, shot his employer, - a farmer named Connolly, dead after family prayers, in which the murderer; participated. He got a shot gun and fired through the window at Connolly, who was retiring to bed. In his confession to the police Duncan said the deed was due to the rough treatment accorded him, and the threats to -return him to the State school.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 262, 5 November 1912, Page 5
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88BOY MURDERER. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 262, 5 November 1912, Page 5
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