CRIMES AND OFFENCES
Press Association —Dv Tel.—Copyright. A PARRICIDE. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. John Drost, a farm hand, in Washington State,- shot his father dead. When arrested ho said: "I shot him because I mi Americanised. If we had still lived ih Holland, I would not havo done it, but, here, in tlio greatest country on earth, no jury will convict me when I tell them my motive.". His sister, in attempting to save lior father was badly wounded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14353, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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79CRIMES AND OFFENCES Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14353, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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