LOVE TRAGEDY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19001, 25 October 1923, Page 5

LOVE TRAGEDY.

WOUNDED GIRL’S LONG WALK. “Jim has shot mo and himself,” exclaimed Lily Hill, a 21-year-old domestic servant, staggering into her parents’ cottage at Newport (Mon.). Her mother, who had opened the door in response to feeble rappings on the window, saw her collapse a moment after her dramatic declaration. The girl had a bullet wound in the right temple, and had been out all night. She left her home on Tuesday evening with James Troy, who had been courting her for two years. After a two-hours’ search the police found Troy’s body in a lonely spot in one of the most picturesque valleys in Monmouthshire. Ho had a fatal wound in the left temple. A revolver was lying near. Troy, an ex-service man, was a native of Brighton, formerly labouring in the Newport neighbourhood, but unemployed for some time. On his body was found a note, whch read: “To all whom it may concern :—Good-bye, all. Wo are going to die together because we cannot live apart from each other. Love to all.—Lily and Jim.” The girl, who had to drag herself a mile and a-half to her home, was taken to hospital semi-conscious. The bullet wound is grave, but hopes are entertained for her recovery. ;