DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8733, 15 May 1914, Page 6

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

THE COTTLE CASE. By Teleffrapfc—Press Association —CopyrlffAi SYDNEY, May 14. On the whole, the Cottles iiyed Tairly happily, though Cottle was of a ijealous disposition, and had lately ■suffered from depression. A letter from a relative was found in his pocket upbraiding him for his •treatment of his wile. > “MAN CUT MY THROAT.”, ; JERKY SENTENCES -WRITTEN BY COTTLE.

(IteceH-ed May 14, 8.35 p.m.)

SYDNEY, May 14. Cottle’s condition is still critical. It appears that while ho was lying ✓ln the lane, awaiting the arrival ot •the ambulance, ho was unable to speak He wrote in jerky Sentences «n scraps of paper“A man cut my throat. He is in -love with my wife. (Man kill me. Eire two shots; miss >me. Grab 'me and cub my children, a ‘throats and mine.” . , In hospital, Cottle raved all night jahonfc- a roan with a revolver and a trazor. . ’ The latter was found in a timber •yard near to where the tragedy occnrrod.

lir was-reported yesterday After visit- ,, lutr,friends -with his wife and children, a oma named George Ckrttle, twenty-nine years of ago. took bio two eons, agod nve lind three, respectively, for a walk. A few minutes later the three were found - -in a back lane, the man with his throat -(Wit. and hie two children lying dead bo- ■- rido him. Cottle is not expected to live. Jtis wife is unable to give any cause for -the tragodv, although her hnsband previously threatened to kill her, and the " ■children.