SHOTS IN GARAGE
MAN DISCOVERED DYING. EMPLOYEE WITH REVOLVER, (Rec. 7.0 p.m.) Sydney, April 17. Simmons Brothers’ garage at Darlinghv -st was the scene of a tragedy. Hearing two shots, William Simmons, who was working in the garage office, rushed into the workshop and found his brother Joseph dying with a bullet wound in the temple. Philip Malouf, who was employed by Simmons, was sitting in the workshop in a dazed condition with an automatic revolver in his hand, according to William Simmons, who told the police that he then knocked Malouf unconscious with a block of wood.
The parties are members of wealth Syrian families. William Simmons stated that there had been some dispute over money missing from the till. William Simmons was later charged with maliciously harming Malouf and remanded till May 1. Bail was allowed.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20662, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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