SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
» SUPPOSED TEMPOEAEY INSANITY. [Special to Puses Association.] MELBOURNE", Dec. 9. A terrible tragedy is reported from Ballarat. Mr Johnston, a well-known stock and station agent, first murdered his four children, who were lying asleep in bed, by suffocating them, and the deed was carried out so quietly that the servant girl who was sleeping in the same room as the children was not aroused. Johnston then proceeded to his wife's room, and shot her through the head, finally taking poison himself. Both he aud his wife only lived for a few minutes. Johnston's affairs are said to be in a prosperous state, and the tragedy is believed to have been committed during a fit of temporary insanity.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7032, 10 December 1890, Page 4
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SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 7032, 10 December 1890, Page 4
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