KILLED HIS DAUGHTER.
THE PENRITH TRAGEDY. TRIAL OP TIIE FATHER. SYDNEY, May 31. At the trial of Alfred Watson, who was charged with the murder of his daughter, Ada, at Penrith, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. Ada Watson, aged 22, was on March 17 found mortally wounded in the residence of her father, Alfred Watson, aged 55, at Penrith, 3-1 miles lroin Sydney. Her head had been battered with a hammer and an axe. The girl was removed to a hospital, where she died. It was staled that .Miss Watson’s assailant first struck her with a hammer and left her for dead, lie closed the house and went away. Later in the day the girl's brother entered the home ami saw his sister lying on the ance shrdlu akqulw lioueas ?.21iil lloor. He immediately went for the police. While the brother was away the assailant returned and smashed his way into the house with an axe. He then attacked the girl a second time and indicted fatal injuries with an axe. Subsequently the father was arrested and charged with murder.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16812, 2 June 1926, Page 5
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