MURDER OF A GIRL.
STATEMENT BY FATHER. AN ALLEGED CONFESSION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (llecd. 9.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. March 18. Further details of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Ada Watson, aged 22, at the residence of her father, Alfred Watson, at Penrith, 34 miles from Sydney, are now available.
The father, who is under arrest in connection with the crime, is a school teacher by profession. He had been suffering from depression for a considerable time. He and his .daughter were to have left on the morning of the tragedy for a lengthy holiday. After the death of the girl Watson told his son he had murdered his daughter because he was afraid she would be cast upon the world owing to his financial troubles.
When the girl went to a telephone to ring up a carter to remove the furniture prior to departing on the holiday he struck her on the head with a hammer. While his son was absent in search of a doctor the father dismissed his school children. Presumably he then returned to his house and again attacked his daughter. The father and daughter were deeply attached to.each other.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19280, 19 March 1926, Page 11
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