Shooting Affray.
(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, November 20. An;' extraordinary shooting affray occurred at Cbwra, where a girl named Herring shot Lee, the landlord of the 01-ub Hotel. There is little hope of his recovery. Herring .requested) a clergyman to come to the. hotel to marry her to Lee. When, he came the girl asked Lee if he intended to) keep his pro- ■ misc. Leo replied "No." on" which j the girl drew a revolver and fired two shots. One of the witnesses to the pro-' posed ceremony grasped thie girl, when the revolver went off again, all thiree shot^ taking effect.
Lee, in his dying depositions, «id L mitted giving Herring cause to shoot him. He had taken, an. oath that if he did not many Herring she could ehoot him.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10499, 21 November 1902, Page 4
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