Please wait. Contacting image service... loading

Article text

MURDER AND SUICIDE.
HALF-CASTE AND HIS WIFE.
SYDNEY. Auerust 14.
The police at Junee have received
word from the manager of Wantabager
station that a case of murder and sui
cide has occurred at the home of a set
tler named Bolton, a bullock driver, iS
miles from Junee.
A halfe-caste named Jack Conquit, a
well known district runner and foot
baller, who worked as a bricklayer's la
borer at Ganmain, visited Junee on
Saturday, seeking his wife, and not.
finding: her there drove out to Bolton's
plac.c. Here he met his wife, and an
altercation took place, which quickly
developed into a violent quarrel. Con
quit made a spring' at his wife, and,
seizing her arm, he drew a razor across
her throat, cutting the jugular vein,
and the blood spurted out, almost
drenching h*m. The woman died a
few minutes after.
A brother of the deceased then en
deavored to sccurc the weapon, and in
the struggle the man recived a severe ;
gash. Conquit afterwards, with one
slash severed his own windpipe and
jugular vein and died instantly. |
$