SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOT.
EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENING. ; \ EUROPEAN AND NATIVE ‘KILLED,, ) TRAGEDY' IN A CAMP. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Reoeived June 2, 10.35 a.m.) PERTH, June 2. Ah extraordinary double shooting} •tragedy is reported from Wiluna. •Robert Olliver ('55), a prospeotorj and an aboriginal, named Ted, fired at pa eh other simultaneously, and both fell dead. It appears that Ted felled a gin with a blow on the head while aha was oooking a meal. Olliver remonstrated and Ted rushed for a gun. Olliver also grasped a rifle. The white man was shot In th« neck and the black in the -ohest.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18344, 2 June 1931, Page 7
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100SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOT. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18344, 2 June 1931, Page 7
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