TRAGEDY AT NEWCASTLE.
" WANTED TO DIE TOGETHER." By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.
(Received July IQ. 1,20 a.m.) ;.,, "■,.,'■ A: Sydney, July 9. [ A tragedy was revealed at Newcastle tonight. The police: .entered v a house at Wickham, and found the body; of -"a; man named Healy, while a woman named Streit was lying. beside him. .
As the constable entered the woman placed;a revolver to her ear, but it missed fire. She had also taken chlorodyne, but not in a dangerous quantity. j,'"';' : *z* .,.
The police had received a letter intimating that both, had intended to die together.
Streit stated that the man had shot himself last, night, but she had not the courage to do it. Healy was a married man/with five children. Streit is also married, but living apart from her husband, who is believed to be in New Zealand. ■ •'■"■' .' ■~'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14109, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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138TRAGEDY AT NEWCASTLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14109, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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