AFFRAY IN HOTEL.
PEACEMAKER KILLED. AN ARREST MADE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, December 9. Two men fought about a betting transaction at, a hotel in the suburb of Waterloo last evening. Robert Pror phett, aged 30 (formerly an alderman of Waterloo), attempted to separate the combatants, when somebody fired a revolver and shot Prophet, critically injuring him and he died to-day. The police arrested a young man who was seen to walk out of the hotel with a revolver in one hand. Thomas Garvey, aged 20, has been charged with murder.
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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17581, 10 December 1928, Page 7
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