BLACKWOOD TRAGEDY.
MAD MINER'S ACT. DISLIKE TOWARDS THE CLERGY. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright ■ Mia.noruNK, June 20. Dktaii-s of the tragedy at Blackwood show that Mr.. Robinson, an Anglican lay reatier, was riding on his verandah when lie was shot dead, falling in his wife's arms. The shot apparently came from a neighbouring liotite. A constable went across to the residence of Pincombe, a miner, and the latter snatched a gun and fired point- blank at the* constable, who had a marvellous es- . cape The constable then shot the man through the head. Pit:combo is supposed to be. insane. He had been heard to express dislike tow aid the local clergy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13782, 22 June 1908, Page 5
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