TOLD NOT TO SMOKE
AMERICAN SHOT IN MELBOURNE STRANGERS QUARREL IN A CAFE ALLEGED' MURDERER ARRESTED By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright (Received December 9, 8.45 p.m.! MELBOURNE, December 9. While two electricians, Ernest Williams i,23) and Jeane Macßabertson, both Americans, were lunching at a cafe, a man at a nearby table told them not to smoke. Words followed, and Williams left the table and walked outfi’de. The man followed, and after an argument, it is alleged that the stranger put his hand in his hip pocket. Williams made a blow at him, and tried to grasp his hand in his pocket. The stranger is alleged to have polled a revolver, •wrapped in a handkerchief from his pocket, and fired at Williams. The bullet pieroed his heart
The stranger ran away, but a constable, who was sitting in a shop on the opposite side of the road, pursued him and arrested him. Later, William R. Wallaoe, of Melbourne, was charged pith the murder.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12316, 10 December 1925, Page 5
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