A MURDER MYSTERY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1867, 29 September 1913, Page 7

A MURDER MYSTERY.

V THE LOST 'POSSUM HUNTER. Is'y Telegraph—Pre_ag Association—Copyright Hobart, September 27. The Crown Las entered a nolle prosequi in the charge against Daniel Jones of murdering William Mullins at JLitliinna Tho circumstances connecting Jones with the murder were mere suspicions, and tho Oliicf Justico ruled that tlioy were not enough to warrant a committal. The only link connecting Jones with tho crime was certain horseshoo prints in tho vicinity of a fire which were said to resemble tho shoes of a horse owned by Jones and of a boot worn by Jones. The Mathinna murder mystery originuted with the mysterious disappearance of a farmer named Mullins, a well-to-do farmer, who had gone out 'possum hunting and had never returned*. Searchers discovered tho debris of ft huge fire in a depression on a hillside, containing human bones, teeth, a staple hsed for straps, and a quantity of melted lead. Mullins was wearing lioavy boots,. with iron-capped heels, and a belt. No trace of these was found. .The footprints of a large and small boot were discovered, also impressions of horses' hoofs. The theory was that Mullins, when cxamiiiinp opossum traps, was shot by n person lying m wait, and the body thrown across a horse and carried two miles to the spot where the pyre had been prepared. Sfullins and Jones had been on unfriendly forms.