Double Tragedy in Dunedin Suburb
ELDERLY COUPLE DEAD. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Feb. 25. A double tragedy occurred at tho harbour suburb of Kavcnsbournc, about .11 o’clock this morning, when an elderly couple, Thomas Davidson, aged 67, a retired furnaceman, and Mrs. Agnes Davidson, aged 59, were battered to death, their son, Stanley Davidson, aged 22, being arrested on a murder charge. Deceased resided on the main road at Raveusbourne with their four sons and one daughter. All except Stanley Davidson and his parents wero away at 11 o’clock when a neighbour heard screams and saw Mrs. Davidson running towards the house porch, where her husband lay face down with a man attacking him with an axe. The neighbour hurried for the police who, ou arrival, found Mrs. Davidson dead near the porch and Mr. Davidson dead inside the porch. The son, Stanley, was found sitting on a sofa in the front room. A blood-stained axe was found near the porch. It is stated that Stanley Davidson was recently released on probation from a mental institution.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 47, 26 February 1936, Page 4
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