MURDER & SUICIDE.
A FATHER CUTS HIS DAUGHTER'S THROAT. (BY TELEGKAI'II PKESS ASSOCIATION"). Wbmjnoton, Last Night. INFORMATION has been received here that Humphrey Handcoek, a ganger on the railway, cut his daughter's throat near Miflliirst, in Taraualii, and then suicided by ty'tig some railway iron round his neck and jumping down a well. The unfortunate girl was 'JO years of age. The re?t of the family were out at the time. The father had been affected with pains in his head for some time.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 305, 23 June 1898, Page 2
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83MURDER & SUICIDE. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 305, 23 June 1898, Page 2
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