DOUBLE MURDER.
BY MASKED ROBBERSA SYDNEY OUTRAGE. Piesi Association-Electric Telegraph-Copyright. SYDNEY, Sunday. Late last night, two masked men drove a motor cycle to a confectionery shop at Marrickville, kept by Mrs Sarah Felvey and her sister, Miss Vaughan, both elderly, and attempted to rob the till. The women screamed, whereupon one ol‘ the men drew a revolver and shot both of them.
Mrs Felvey was killed instantly, and Miss Vaughan died in hospital. A number of people in the vicinity heard the firing, and saw’ a man with a smoking revolver, running from the shop. They were unable to make a capture.
'Witnesses’ stories vary, some stating that there were two men, others only
Robbery was apparently tire only motive for the crime.—Australian and N.Z. Press Association.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 2 July 1928, Page 5
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