UNION PRESIDENT SHOT.
o HIS CONDITION SERIOUS.
(Bj Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 9.30 a.rn.) Adelaide. January 21. Betts refused to.give bis depositions on the plea that he was not dying, and is now too ill to do so. He admitted that he had received an anonymous letter but declined to reveal the contents
A cablegram yesterday stated that Thomas Betts, president of the Port Pirie branch of the Masons and Bricklayers’ Union, was found shot near the Broken Hill Proprietary works. He stated that he went for a walk prior to retiring for the night, and a stranger rushed him and fired twice. Betts’ condition is critical.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 6
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