A MELBOURNE HORROR
MURDER OF A SWEETHEART. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—
Melbourne, January 26. An atrocious murder was committed at Clifton Hill to-day. A man named Wilson, actuated by jealousy, nearly severed the head of his fiancee, Miss Marks, with a razor,while the pair were strolling through the Gardens. Wilson attempted _ to commit suicide, but his courage failed him, and he surrendered himself to the police.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8474, 27 January 1891, Page 5
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