MOSS VALE TRAGEDY.
CHARGE OF MURDER FOLLOWS A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Dec. 23. At the .inquest on Mrs. Labarte and the constable who, it is alleged, were shot at Moss Vale by Major Labarte, a returned soldier, the evidence showed that Labarte had been drinking heavily. Sixteen bullets were found in his wife's body. A police sergeant called as a witness said that- when he spoke to Labarte (who telephoned for the police after his wife j was shot), Labarte said, " I want all the police sent out. I want to kill them all." Labarte was stupidly drunk. A man employed by Labarte stated in evidence that after : Mrs. Labarte was shot he saddled a horse intending to fetch the police, but as he got on the horse's back Labarte shot the animal dead. He fired several shots at the witness as he ran to cover. Labarte was committed for trial on a charge of murder.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17662, 24 December 1920, Page 7
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