DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
FIVE IN FAMILY DEAD.
FATHER'S ALLEGED ACT. WHAT A NEIGHBOUR SAW. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received August 18. 11.20 p.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, Aug. 18. A shocking domestic tragedy occurred this afternoon at Nobel Park, a small village, 16 miles from Melbourne. The dead bodies of Robert Parsons, his wife, Florence, their daughter Violet, aged seven, their son aged five, and their baby, aged 18 months, were found at their home. Parsons was a returned soldier, 35 years of ago. It is thought ho murdered his family and then committed suicide. A neighbour heard a scream and, looking over a fence, saw Mrs. Parsons running from the house, pursued by her husband, who held a razor in his hand. Parsons caught his wife and dragged her back into the house. The neighbour raised an alarm.
When the police arrived they were confronted by the ghastly spectacle of two of the children lying on a bed with their throats cut and the other child, the mother and father, on the floor, also with their throats cut
The motive for tho tragedy is not known. Tho Parsons family had always seemed to be a very happy one.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19719, 19 August 1927, Page 11
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