FAMILY OF FOUR FOUND SHOT
(Received July 15, 10.50 p.m.) PERTH, July 15. A whole family of four was found dead, all shot through the head with a small rifle at a country village of Karragullen 30 miles from Perth The victims were: Richard Griffiths aged 40; his wife, Rowena Griffiths aged 35; and their sons, Laurel, agec 12, and Alan, aged 5. The family conducted a small orchard and appeared to be in comfortable circumstances. A rifle was found beside the father’s body. The police express the opinion that the father murdered the others- and then , committed suicide. 1
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19400716.2.67
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 24179, 16 July 1940, Page 6
Word Count
100FAMILY OF FOUR FOUND SHOT Southland Times, Issue 24179, 16 July 1940, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in