ULTIMO TRAGEDY
. VICTIM SUCCUMBS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 16, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 16. Mrs Hayee, the victim of the Ultimo tragedy, has succumbed. [At Ultimo, a man named Edward John Hayes smashed his wife’s head with an axe. Hayes then fatally cut his own throat. The couple had frequent quarrels, and after a row on Tuesday, Hayes left, and returned early in tho morning. Ho smashed the window with the axe, and entered the room where his wife was sleeping with six of their eight children. One of the children unavailingly tried to word off the blow from the mother. A note in Hayes’s pocket referred to family troubles and to his intention to kill his wife.]
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9249, 17 January 1916, Page 5
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119ULTIMO TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9249, 17 January 1916, Page 5
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