MURDERED BY BLACKS.
—. —« ■ STOCKMEN'S BODIES FOUND. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Perth, September 7. Two stockmen, James Thompson and George Shoesmith, and a native boy, were murdered by natives while asleep on the stock route in the North Murchison district. Tho men left Hall's creek for Wilnna with cattlo in January. Their remains were found partially buried in a shallow grave. ' Their skulls were fractured, and their bodies had been otherwise mutilated. A punitivo party is being organised, :
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1227, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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76MURDERED BY BLACKS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1227, 8 September 1911, Page 5
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