SHOOTING DRAMA
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London. August 12.
At the inquest on the Shutford victims a verdict of wilful murder and suicide was returned.
Four people are dead as the result of an amazing shooting drama near the village «reen in Shutford. Oxfordshire. A bus from Banbury drew up as the villagers were dispersing after an annual fete when Wilfred aged 29. a blacksmith, allegedly fired a gun at the occupants, turned the weapon upon himself and fell dead. His wife. Ellen, aged 25. her sister, Ivy Goode, aged -0. Joseph Messenger, aged 40. and William Messenger, aged 46. were wounded and sent to hospital. All have died, except William Messenger. The tragedy was due to domestic differences between the Gibbs couple, ine Messenger brothers were not concerned and they were wounded by shots intended for Mrs Gibbs and possibly also for her sister. Mr and Mrs Gibbs had been married for three years and had separated recently.
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Southland Times, Issue 25362, 14 August 1935, Page 7
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