THE ADELAIDE FAMILY TRAGEDY
ADELAIDE, June 8. The cause of the tragedy at Hilton, axj Adelaide suburb, in which Carl Adolpha Graf killed his wife and their four children and then committed suicide, is stated to have been domestic quarrels, in consequence of the woman’s conduct. These gradually increased in violence, and culminated in the tragedy. On a table near Graf’s body was a message intimating that he suspected hia wife, and he thought she and her children would be better dead. June 10. At the inquest on the body of Anna Grane a verdict of “Wilful murder’* against Carl Adolphus Grane was recorded. [Gran© killed himself after killing hia wife and four children.]
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Otago Witness, Issue 3196, 16 June 1915, Page 57
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114THE ADELAIDE FAMILY TRAGEDY Otago Witness, Issue 3196, 16 June 1915, Page 57
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