A SYDNEY TRAGEDY.
CHINAMAN MURDERED BY COMPATRIOT. THE MURDERER HANGS HIMSELF United Press Association— Copyright (Received August 9, 11.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 9. A Chinaman named Ah Foy, who was spending a holiday with a countryman named Ah Way, disappeared. His disappearance aroused suspicion, and inquiries ■ were made. Ah; Way stated that he had; gone away. The police visited Ah Way’s hut and found Ah Foy dead in bed, with his head smashed by an axe, and Ah Way hanging dead. It' is, supposed that Ah Way murdered Ah Foy to obtain £6O which were in the latter’s possession, and ithen, ) becoming ifrightened rat the inqiiiries,, committed suicide: ,;, A
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2576, 10 August 1909, Page 5
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109A SYDNEY TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2576, 10 August 1909, Page 5
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