ATTEMPTED MURDER.
FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE. GIRL BADLY HURT. Sydney, Mar. 23.—Doris Brown, aged 17, was shot by Stanley Sheen at a homestead at Mount Horeb, near Gundagai, (N.S.W.), where they were both employed. Sheen afterwards committed suicide. MADLY IN LOVE. VISITOR’S NARROW ESCAPE. (Received 10.55 p.m.) Sydney, Mar. 24.—Doris Brown’s condition is* serious. Apparently she placed her arms about her head when Sheen pointed the revolver and the bullet passed through her hand into her head. Sheen had been drinking heavily. It i a stated that he left a letter declaring that he was madly in love with Miss Brown, who would have nothing to do with him. He also left a will and a life insurance policy in her favour.
Before shooting himself Sheen threatened to shoot a young lady who was visiting the station. He fired two shots Arough her bedroom door. — (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 25 March 1924, Page 5
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