Alexander McArthur family murders clippings
- R-E999
- File
- 1900-1901, photocopied 1980?
Photocopied clippings taken from issues of The Leader newspaper (June 14, 1900 and January 17, 1901). Clippings are reports of: the attack by axe of eight members of the Alexander McArthur family of Welwyn, North-West Territories on June 9, 1900 by John Morrison, the family's hired hand; and of the subsequent hanging of Morrison for the murders of the five family members he killed.