A FATHER'S-CRIME.
MURDERS HIS SON.
STRANGE EXPLANATION.
By Cable. — J>re»* Association.-'*-CopyriffhL
* ■ PERTH, June-23. <; Frederick Smith has been arrested ■ ■ ■ - ■ : ■ • y on a charge of -murdering his son/ at ; \ Tennessee.**? lie states that both were discussing arrangements for the" control ~, of their respective properties. "The son lost his-temper -aad threatened '\ him. The father seized a., gun and pointed it at the son, who rushed at ; : '" his father. The latter iired, intend-' . : ing to aim at the legs. charge^;.; entered tlie lad 7 s body, and he rolled "
over dead. The father adds that he was only prevented from using the second charge . for his own destruction by the thought * that native dogs would get both bodies.'
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 118, 24 June 1914, Page 7
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114A FATHER'S-CRIME. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 118, 24 June 1914, Page 7
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