DOMESTIC STRIFE
SYDNEY, December 19. A domestic tragedy occurred at Leichhardt to-day. Mrs Bray fired three revolver shots at her husband, who was sleeping on the verandah, two grazing his head and one lodging in his chest. His wounds are not serious. The woman then administered poison to herself and her child, and both are in a serious condition. All three are in the hospital. It is stated that tlie relations between the husband and wife were strained over financial matters.. December 25. The child Bray, one of the victims of the Leichhardt tragedy, has succumbed to the effects of the poison which was administered to it.,
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Otago Witness, Issue 3015, 27 December 1911, Page 24
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107DOMESTIC STRIFE Otago Witness, Issue 3015, 27 December 1911, Page 24
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