DREADFUL TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND.
A shocking tragedy was reported to the Mackay police on September 29. John Aitken, a selector, aged between 40 and 50 years, residing between Sandy and Alligator Creeks, according to the messenger who brought the news, had a quarrel with his wife. An encounter took place between them, which the man ended by cutting her throat and then his own. A man named W. Landells, who reported the matter, says he was riding past the selection when he saw the man fall. The wife was then lying face downwards. A razor and tomahawk were found lying on the ground. The police at once started for the scene of the tragedy. Three children (nine, six, and three years old) arc left.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9179, 8 October 1888, Page 5
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