BRUTAL MURDER
TWO SISTERS SHOT. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, July 1. Late last night two masked men drove a motor cycle to a confectionery shop at Marrickvale kept by Mrs Sarah Falvey and her sister, Miss Vaughan, both elderly, and attempted to rob the till. The women screamed, whereup one of the men drew a revolver and shot both of them. Mrs Falvey was killed instantly and Mias Vaughan died in the hospital. A number of people in the vicinity heard the firing and saw a man with a smoking revolver! running from the shop but were unable to capture them. Witnesses’ .stories vary, some stating that there were two men and others only one. Robbery was apparently the only motive for the crime.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20527, 2 July 1928, Page 7
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