ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 3 November 1902, Page 3

ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

MARTON, This Day, A tragtdy *•»*» uiact*i at Mait ;n thi* mor^nf /hen a well-known saddler, named Joseph .'empertey, made a dete - mined attempt to murder his w fe ind afterwards committed suicide. About & o'olock Temperley shot h«a wife while she waa-m a souaa sleep, the ballet penetrating the top portion of the noßo. finding the bullet had not been effective, the desperate man thereupon attempted *o cut Aer ihroat with a razor, but Ihe uaforUm&te woman managed to escape, tboiwkaii uely cut waß inflicted on her teokT Mra Tenipe.ley rushed across to a neighbour's, and t c tragedy waa i*P°«*ed ta tbe police, who, on arriving al tbe scene found Ihat lemperley had attempted to cut his ow.. throat. On each side of the throat there are two deep wounds, and-his condition is critical. } Ibe bullet wound on Mrs Temperley c face ia ierioua but the cut on the neck is not dangerous. , Temperley Bay** he was a lunatic at tiie timecf the ciime, but now admits that be is sane. Financial troubles are alleged to be be cause, and Temperley is said to have been more dejected of late tban asufl,