A JEALOUS LOVER.
SHOOTS THREE PEOPLE. AND COMMITS SUICIDE. (Recd. 9.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 15.—While the Lem nard family and several visitors were sitting at a table in the Lennard home at Keinbafa., near Cessnoek, a shot was heard, nnd Mary Little, aged 13, fell' with a bullet through, her shoulder. The bullet richochetted and struck Lily Lennard, aged 17, in tho shoulder. A second shot followed and wounded Jack Goodwin, 26, also in the shoulder.
Rushing outside, the other inmates saw Claude Goodsby, 22, place, a revolver to his head, fire, and fall mortally wounded, Tho other victims’ injuries were not dangerous. Jealousy is believed to be the motive for tho crime, as Goodsby had been keeping company with Lily Lennard.—(P.A?)
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Wairarapa Age, 16 December 1924, Page 5
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122A JEALOUS LOVER. Wairarapa Age, 16 December 1924, Page 5
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