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Murderous inmate shoots two women then kills self at aged home
At the Presbyterian Home for Aged Couples and Single Men in Bala, 74-year-old William Smith, an inmate for two years, shot superintendent Mrs. Lilian Pierce and assistant Miss Elizabeth Wise in the dining room, then turned the pistol on himself. Both women survived their wounds. Smith died later at Presbyterian Hospital. Police and witnesses described Smith as unstable, with prior threats.
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