REJECTED SUITOR’S ACT.
GIRL SHOT WHILE SLEEPING
By Telegraph—PreßS Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association _ BRISBANE, May 13.* hollowing the refusal of Doris Ludseventeen, to keep company vil tii him, William Lord, aged twentvfive, during the early hours of the morning, climbed through the window °f. the room where the girl was sleeping with her sister at Athelstane Hotel, Rockhampton, and shot her in the head with a revolver, while she slept. He then shot himself twice in the head and fell beside the girls’ bed. The sister was awakened by the revolver shots, and on going to the door, stumbled over Lord’s body. She then found that Doris had been shot. Both died shortly after. Lord had been keeping company with Doris for several months, but yesterday she told him that she did not want to see him again.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19240514.2.24
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 4
Word Count
140REJECTED SUITOR’S ACT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 4
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in