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MURDER OF A CHINAMAN.

i<> a knock or a in the building, and audio with him. '[lie IHkSavk found lying just about \vߣfis(H man wa/ ttanding when ■HHuttlfce first shut in the head, i flMjjL} difficult matter thenaj to movements. He ; |HBKI ({iggered across a. little | a drain, then walked the ploughed ground, IHKmP °S am through a barbed IJHBSwo'Sjds his whare. Hero I^RaST round tho corner of the tiHsSfiHt a shed where several jompkins were stored. spattered over several The footprints show [■Kjppgimadc bis "»y *° tne HffiHppi) fence at the junction of 'BjsJKStds, a distance of about a HEftfttit on to tho main road. It bi* intention to make for ihe> nearest settlers. It to follow tho trail ■KS along the road for 2"0 Hkild thifl point is only a few Hkivt Stewart's gate. Here the on the grass on the ■Kit. He evidently crawled from HQI ti» centra of the road where collapse took place. HfKi Itnmce drcumstmce. tenet the strangest part of the The body was not found in this HTkt about 1000 yard* down the [Hp tennis Wanganm. It is evident Borderer picked up his victim him to the spot where the Hurst found. A penon collapsing ■i ntoraliv fall on A* face, but K t&hofaMfaa&on the readHe littiihe leg? placed together >and «n« fchW ««• f ne chest, in a whole affair HHeM%imtorjr. Btewart, a setdistinctly heard after dark, and in ouick succession. HBg| |he bullets, presumably was found emwillow post near the corner The piece of wood has been cut out, and HHEjuafcaion of the police. The the post near the top. A WKSmk was made by the police Aells, but none could be < vha<re everything was in bad probably worked HHu and then hod his tea. HK with an open fireplace chimney, ia situated the buLding, a lean-to jus bed in another, a HWHp3te> murderer evidently the- premises after his said to have been a old man. He had veIHHHRjinion for a great numthe -vicinity of Greyaccumulated a went home to [HMH§»rs, and then returnof ' Kwong as caretaker at tho SPiflßHpber of other Chinamen K9HHP r^ens daring the dayto Wangnnui at the sole occumtWSS6' or tne Chinese New M»«9W7> deceased was given and he may have sn bis possession. If on his person it was far his pockets body was found. but he has one son also some relatives in or the June 1. held toChow Yat received head. One shot bethat the murderer and finished him still a mystery how the place where it definitely ascertained Wjj^R33& D f the crime was robempty purse was

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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17470, 2 June 1922, Page 9

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MURDER OF A CHINAMAN. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17470, 2 June 1922, Page 9

MURDER OF A CHINAMAN. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17470, 2 June 1922, Page 9

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