A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
9 MURDER AND SUICIDE.- fJ ]
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assoeiatioßflf(ltecoived Thursday, 9.25 ajn.)
SYDNEY, Wednesday. An Ilford chemist named Harris <}*£•+• ker wrote to a local doctor roveaUag & terrible tragedy. He stated that ho had murdered Ms? wife and four children a fortnight and intended to commit suicide Jasfe night.
The police found the six dead boAietf at the house this morning. Cocker feared being called up for tbfk army.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13605, 1 August 1918, Page 5
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