SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
JEALOUS WOMAN'S DEED.
THREE PEOPLE FOUND SHOT.
BODIES IN BURNING COTTAGE.
(Received August 22, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. A us. 'SI
A shocking tragedy was discovered this morning in a burning collage near Wov Woy, a small town 45 miles north of Sydney.
Neighbours extinguished the (lames, and while they were so engaged discovered the bodies ol a man, a woman and a child, aged live. The man was Mr. F. Allsop, a retired flour miller, who formerly resided on tho north coast, and .the woman, Mrs. White, aged 50, of Newcastle, who had been acting as his housekeeper. The police say they are convinced that Mrs. White first shot Allsop and then, some hours later,, shot the child and eventually killed herself in the same manner. Apparently she had set fire to the house beforehand.
The woman's body, with that of the child resting on one arm. was found in one room and i""r. Allsop's in another. The deceased man was regarded as quiet and inoffensive, without grievances. Mrs. White is described by the neighbours as having been a most peculiar person at all times and of a morose disposition.
A letter found in the house from another woman addressed to Mr. Allsop is I bought to have been the motive for tho tragedy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 23 August 1929, Page 11
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