HALF-CASTE MURDERER.
FATALLY WOUNDED BY A
POLICEMAN. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPTRIGHT.] (Received October 13, 9.30 p.m.) ' SYDNEY, Oct. 13. The police report a tragedy at Woolbrook, near Armidale. \ half-caste named Brown shot his mother-in-law dead. Constable Clark, who was sent to arrest the murderer, was approaching the house when Brown fired several harmless shots. Clark replied, fatally wounding Brown. , Brown was an ex-black tracker. He was armed with a rifle, and Clark, finding his revolver outranged, procured a rifle. The cause of the tragedy is unknown.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3462, 14 October 1913, Page 5
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85HALF-CASTE MURDERER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3462, 14 October 1913, Page 5
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