CRIME IN SYDNEY
3.45 P.M. EDITION
TWO CONSTABLES DEAD. SENSATION AT BONDI JUNCTION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received January 3, 1.45 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 3. There was a sensational happening this morning at Bondi Junction. -A man named Kennedy, known as ‘AVaverley Bill,” entered a shop, purchased goods and refused to pay. The shop attendant called Constable Allen, upon whose entry Kennedy drew a revolver and shot him dead and then hurried out and made for his home. A second constable, Mr Andrews, jumped from a passing tram and gave chase. Upon reaching Kennedy’s home Kennedy attacked him with a knife, inflicting stabs which proved fatal. Shortly after a third constable, Mr •Johnston, went to Kennedy’s place and, in an altercation, shot Kennedy, who is now in hospital in a dying condition. The police seized a great quantity of ammunition in Kennedy’s rooms.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 28, 3 January 1931, Page 2
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144CRIME IN SYDNEY Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 28, 3 January 1931, Page 2
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