SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AFFRAY
A JEALOUS LOVER. (Pet United Press Association). INVERCARGILL, January 19. A sensational tragedy occurred at W airoto, beyond the Waiau River, yesterday afternoon, when Walter Galbraith, single, aged 40, fired two shots at Miss Thomas, wounding her in the arm and thigh. Galbraith was subsequently found lying dead in a pool of water with a wound in his side and a double-barrelled gun lying near Tbe girl is expected to recover. The tragedy is the outcome of jealousy. Galbraith • was a native of Invercargill, and was a quiet and industrious man.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13279, 19 January 1911, Page 7
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94SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AFFRAY Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13279, 19 January 1911, Page 7
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