DELIBERATE MURDER.
A TOLICEMAN S.HOT.
A DRUNKARD'S REVENGE.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright.*
(Received March 30, 10.15 a.m.) ,
ADELAIDE, March 30. .
Constable King was shot dead a$ Glonelg by a fisherman named Coleman. King had arrested Coleman on Saturday for being drunk and disorderly. The orisoner was fined ss. Cofeman evidently regarded his arrest as a grievous insult. He intimated his intention of "doing for" King. He met the constable at midnight on Saturday and fired point blank with a gun at King's breast. King was killed instantly. Coleman is still at large.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13663, 30 March 1908, Page 5
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92DELIBERATE MURDER. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13663, 30 March 1908, Page 5
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