SHOT BY MANAIC
TWO CONSTABLES KILLED. SLAYER MORTALLY WOUNDED. There was a sensational happening on -January 3 at Bondi Junction, Sydney, when a. man named Kennedy, known as Wavorley Bill, entered a shop, purchased goods, and refused to pay. The shop attendant called Constable Allen, and when the constable entered Kennedy drew a revolver and shot him dead. Kennedy then hurried out and made for home. A second constable, Andrews, jumped from a passing Inis and gave chase. Upon his reaching Kennedy’s home Kennedy attacked him with a knife, inflicting stabs which proved. fatal. Shortly afterwards a third constable, Johnston, went to Kennedy’s place and, in an altercation, shot Kennedy, who is now in hospital in a dying condition. 'Tho police 'seized a great quantity of ammunition in Kennedy’s rooms.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 7 January 1931, Page 3
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130SHOT BY MANAIC Patea Mail, Volume LII, 7 January 1931, Page 3
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