A DRINK TRAGEDY.
GIRL SHOOTS HER FATHER,
United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received March 0, 9 a.m. Sydney, March 6, A young woman named Kate Siely has been arrested at Shell Harbour on a charge of murdering her father. The inquest was opened and Mrs Siely gave evidence that deceased drank heavily and systematically ill-treated her daughter. On Saturday night he was so violent that she obtained police protection. On Sunday morning after more drinking he. struck her, forced the daughters to give him money and got a knife out and threatened to murder the whole family. Kate was struggling to get a gun when it exploded and shot her father in the head. Another witness who visited the house shortly after the tragedy said Mrs Siely told him Kate had shot her father, and Kate added “Father was going to kill mother and I did it to save her. ”
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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151A DRINK TRAGEDY. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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