A STREET TRAGEDY.
THE USE OF THE REVOLVER.
A MAN SHOT.
FIGHT FOR LIFE.
SUICIDE OF THE WOULD-BE MURDERER.
Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received November 16, 1.10 a.m.
Melbourne, November 15. A sensational shooting case occurred to-day in the principal street of Sandhurst.
It appears there has been a long standing dispute between O'Keefe, a railway contractor, and Russell,' a subcontractor. The two men met in the street this morning, and Russell drew a revolver on O'Keefe, and tired two shots at him, but both missed their mark.
The men then rushed at each other, and, grappling, a struggle for life ensued. Before the bystanders could interfere, Russell disengaged himself sufficiently to again draw the revolver, and fired again on O'Keefe. This time the shot smashed the latter's frontal bone.
Russell, thinking he had killed his enemy, turned his revolver on himself and blew his own brains out. O'Keefe now lies in a dangerous condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9213, 16 November 1888, Page 5
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154A STREET TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9213, 16 November 1888, Page 5
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