SYDNEY TRAGEDY
MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND SUICIDE. 'Pbess Association.—-Coptbight.) SYDNEY, Jan. 13. A tragedy occurred at Ultimo. Edward John Hayes smashed his wife's head with an axe, and fatally cut his own throat. The woman's condition is serious The couple had had frequent quarrels and after a row on Tuesday Hayes, left. He returned early this morning, smashed the window with an axe, and entered a room where his wife was sleeping with six or eight children. One tried to ward off a blow from his mother. A note found in Hayes 'pocket referred to family troubles and his intention to kill his wife.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 14 January 1916, Page 2
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103SYDNEY TRAGEDY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 14 January 1916, Page 2
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