A SORDID STORY

Southland Times, Issue 19173, 18 February 1924, Page 5

A SORDID STORY

THE ORANGE TRAGEDY. DOMESTIC INFELICITY. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)' MELBOURNE, February 17. (Received February 17, 74) pjn.) A sordid story was disclosed at the Coroner’s inquiry at Orange concerning the death of Joseph Quinlan, who was found murdered at Orange. Mrs Newton, wife of Thomas Henry Newton, who is under arrest for the crime, gave evidence that they lived happily till she became acquainted with Quinlan. Domestic quarrels followed. She admitted that she went to Bathurst with Quinlan on February Bth. They stayed at a hotel as man and wife. She had also been carrying on with Quinlan foul years previously. On occasions she left home with him. The husband took her back several times after such happenings. The police produced Newton’s statement to them. It stated that he lived happily till his wife got in touch with Quinlan. He warned him to keep away from the house. He heard they had gone to Bathurst together. He went there to search for his wife, but failed and returned to Orange. Ha watched till he saw Quinlan enter the shed, where he ordinarily slept, with the woman whom he thought was Mrs Newton. Later he entered the shed and gave Quinlan a crack on the head. He did not think he had killed him. He ran away. He added that he thought it was justice in his own cause, as he had been nearly driven mad and he did not think he did wrong.