Stabbed To Death By Chinese
SUYA, Sopt. 26. Found guilty of tlie murder of William Thomas Allen, a member of the staff of the British Phosphate Commission, Ocean Island, on April 26, a Chinese named Tai Rhek was sentenced to death at Suva today, after a vveek long trial. Allen was stabbed to death in a bedroom. The present trial did not relate to the death of Mrs. Allen who ► was similarly murdered in a living room. In summing up, however, the .1 udge said it was possible that Ylrs. Allen was a witness of lier husband's murder and could have been pursued and killed while endeavouring to tolephone for help.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1949, Page 5
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