ANOTHER WOMAN MURDERED.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1260, 23 April 1896, Page 36

ANOTHER WOMAN MURDERED.

Sydney, April 17. Following on tho Down affair, another tragedy of a mysterious character has occurred at Manly, where last night a young lady named Collins was found shot through the head. It is believed that the deceased proceeded to Alanly in company with a gentleman. A revolver and a man’s hat were found in the vicinity. A curious fact is that the girl witnessed the removal of Airs Down’s body to the morgue. The body of a man, the murderer, was also found at Alanly this morning. He had shot himself, and then entered the sea. lie died shortly after removal to the hospital. The Alanly tragedy was the outcome of unrequited love. The murderer, whose name was Andrew Arkle, kept company with the girl Collins for three years, and several times proposed marriage to her, but she refused. Arkle persisted in his attentions, and frequent quarrels took place. The pair arranged to goto Alanly, and it is supposed that Arkle intended to press for a final answer of marriage, and premeditated the tragedy if the girl refused. After shooting the girl ho evidently shot himself, and dropped exhausted just as lie reached the water’s edge, where he lay for several hours in agony with a terrible wound in bis breast. Arkle returned in December from NowZeal,and, where he had spent some time knocking about.