MURDER AND SUICIDE?
TRAGEDY ON FARM MAN AND WIFE DEAD SYDNEY, May 2. A shooting tragedy occurred on a djiiry farm in the Minni district, in the vicinity of Newcastle. Emanuel Foot, 52, andl his wife,; 44, are dead. The latter was apparently killed first, the top of her head being blown off. The husband is reported to have committed suicide with a shotgun, a son witnessing his father’s act from a milking Bhed. - . ■*; The family consists of nine. -The motive for the tragedy is unknown.’ It is understood that Foot had been *in ill-health and had several times threatened his wife. . ~
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18387, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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102MURDER AND SUICIDE? Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18387, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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