SECOND EDITION. SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12436, 8 April 1908, Page 7

SECOND EDITION. SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

Man Kills Three of his Children

Dangerously Wounds Wife and Two Other Children.

Then Commits Suicide,

(Per United Press Association). INYERCARGILL, April 8. A shocking tragedy was committed in South Invercargill early this morning, wien James Reid Barter, seed merchant, attempted te murder his wife and family. Three of the children are dead, and the wife and two others have been removed to" the hospital in a critical condition. Baxter committed suicide by exploding a detonator cap.