A RIOT OF TRAGEDY.
BmMINGItAM is excited over a most remark able sequence of tragedies in humble life.
A cycle-maker, Albert Askew, had been for some years living with a, woman named Walley, daughter of a blacksmith, but recently deserted her and her two children.
William Walley. the woman's father, vowed to punish his daughter's betrayer, and, meeting Askew in the street, dashed a quantity of vitriol in his face. The victim Was taken to the hospital in a'shocking state ; his assailant went home and promptly shot himself with a revolver. " '
On hearing this, terrible news Walley's daughter took her two little ones to the canal bank, clutched one in either hand, and jumped into the water.- .
She was soon got out, still firmly gripping (he children, (hie of the latter'died, but the mother and the other child recovered under medical care.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11950, 26 April 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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