SINGAPORE MURDER TRIAL.
THE DEFENCE.
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Re eived June 15, 9.15 p.m
SINGAPORE, June lh
The- defence pleads that Mrs. Proudlock. was . hysterical, that her mental equilibrium.-was upset by the steward's assault, and that she did not know .-.hat happened after the first (--hot was f.rcd.
PERTH, June 15
Cotnils of the shooting of the man Steward by-Mrs. Proudfoot. the wife of tho headmaster of the Victoria Institution at Kaulalumpur, on April 23rd, are to hand by the. Eastern mail. Mrs. Proudfopt states that she was ai'Mio in hor l)')gj!oxv wh?n. Steward, a friend of the family, railed, aikl mada violent p.dvhncos. She seized :> revol-
ye • and fu-e'd five shots into hi* 1 ody at c!os v fjUfirtois. Steward is dof.crilrod a.s a quiet man. Mrs. PiTii'lfoot was arrested, but allowed on bail of ICCX) dollars
Since the mail left, cable news have nrriwd that the trial has commenced I of Mrs. Proudfoot. whose husband gavo iiaajßcidu sba ojiai s\i{ yeiy). wouept.vo ' crazy with fear, and had her dres* torn as the result of Steward's alleged attempt at assault.
CABLES.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 16 June 1911, Page 5
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