KILLED IN BED.
VICTIM ATTACKED WITH AXE. (United Press Association —By Electrie Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, April 27. Advices from Port Darwin state that Harry Hill, a Government employee at Port Darwin, was murderously and fatally assaulted with an axe while sleeping in bed with his wife. The latter was awakened by her husband groaning, and found him covered with blood from a deeply-gashed jaw, with an axe lying across the body.
Other inmates of the house were not aware of the tragedy until they heard the wife’s screams. '
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received April 29, 5.5 p.m.) DARWIN, April 28. Mrs Hill, wife of the dead man, has been arrested and charged with murder.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17943, 30 April 1928, Page 9
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114KILLED IN BED. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17943, 30 April 1928, Page 9
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