FATHER KILLS HIS SON.
REASON FOR THE CRIME. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copsright. Pakis, December 30. A well-known performer on the music halls, named Fragson, was yesterday shot in the head three times by his father, who is 80 years of age. I
The father, it is alleged, suddenly became demented. When arrested he said that his son had been a good son until he met an English dancing girl, who danced the tango.
The injured man was sent to the hospital, where he subsequently died.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 7
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