"SUB-CONSCIOUS" MURDER
REMARKABLE CONFESSION IN RING CASE.
. Sydney, April 18. The twin brothers Keith and Lionel Shaw have been committed for trial,' charged with the.murder of Mr. George King, a commercial traveller, at Katoomba.
Keith made a remarkable confes* sion. He admitted that he became : possessed of an overwhelming desire.' j to obtain King's diamond ring. He;'.?T' described his entering King's room with. ' absolute pleasure, dealing his victim!; seven or eight blows witli a. hammer, j He had no more (conscience than itt; serving tennis balls. Ho secured tho;V: ring, which he buried near the front gate, then went to, bed and slept. When arrested Keith said that hafelt lik6 a person in two parts, one part quite serious, the other as if ad; a picture show. He does not seem Sibil) put out over his arrest and conn; mittal.—Press association.,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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141"SUB-CONSCIOUS" MURDER Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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