The Australian Tragedy.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7400, 16 September 1902, Page 4

The Australian Tragedy.

(Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association) Sydney, September 15. Another of Pendin's children, a sovc:i. year-old girl, has suconmhi'd. Tdo third is in a serious state. Tho throats ■ if th*-«e were cut. Two othnrs «nd th« *if- «ro >-u(T'(tint; Iron wounds on tho hend-> i fleeted wi'h * i-ed key. Th? sixth child rscaped find fiavo the alarm. I'eadoi kissel hi 3 wifa nnd children before retiring on Sunday nighi, and slept wiih o.io of the boys apart from hit wife. During tho night sh9 heard him moving and found him lying on (he ted dressed. Ho told her hu had taken medicine Later he visited his wife* room, and finJitif; her awnko retiree!. Sho thin fell nsleep, and W;IS nrouard wi:h blows on tho h iul. Sho rolled tn tho floor and pretended to be d'jad. Tho boy cams to his mother's nsfia'(•nee, but Pcadnn f< lied him and ihfn to the girl's room. The wife seized tha opportunity m-A escaped. - When assistanca anived l'eadun whs found shot tbrongh tlio be»d, graspin-,' n razor and a revolver. Tho b*by wns dead and another child was dying. The others were severely wounded. The, family lived happily and wero in g >r,\ circumstance?. It i» stated tha! Tcadon lost U.-avi!> Xt tho Randwick races.