A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10521, 6 December 1912, Page 5

A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Melbourne, December 5. On November 16tb, a man named McGregor, or McOrindle, who was a guest at a certain house where drinking was going on, was called to the door, and while there was shot. At the inquest to-day, one of the guests testified that deceased refused to reveal his assailant when questioned at the hospital, though he admitted that he knew. The evidence showed that McOrindle was 24 years of age, and married, though he was living away from his wife. The evidence of a young woman who lived with deceased showed that a girl informed a witness that one of the guests was carrying a revolver. Witness asked _ McOrindle at the hospital who his assailant was, and he replied, “The fellow with the revolver. ” The girl previous] yjmentioned that she accompanied the man with the revolver to the party. She remarked to witness, “I don’t want Jack (meaning the man with the revolver), I love Paddy” (meaning McOrindle). The medical evidence showed that there were no indications of alcohol about the deceased. The Coroner returned an open verdict. He said the _ party had just orgy of drink. It the worst case that he had met during ten years’ experience. Several witnesses had more or less suppressed the truth.