MURDERER ARRESTED.
THE CiLENELG TRAGEDY.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. ADELAIDE, April 14. Coleman, who murdered Constable King at Gienelg, has been arrested. Ho was iound to have a cut in one arm. He said ho had wounded himself with a piece of glass, hoping he would bleed to death.
[It was on Saturday night, March 28th, that Coleman, a iisherman, shot Constable King dead at Gienelg. King had arrested Coleman on Saturday for being drunk and disorderly. The prisoner was fined os. Coleman evidently regarded his arrest as a grievous insult. He intimated his intention of "doing for" King. Ho met the constable at midnight on Saturday and fired point blank with a gun at King's breast. King was killed instantly.]
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13636, 15 April 1908, Page 5
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121MURDERER ARRESTED. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13636, 15 April 1908, Page 5
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