AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(PER PBEBS ASSOCIATION). Sydney, May 17 The Twenty-fire-mile Championship Walking Handicap was won by McCune, of New Zealand. Harris, of Victoria, was second, and Morehead, New Zealand, third. Hobaet, May 17 A terrible murder has heon committed at Richmond, where a woman, Mrs Ogilvie, was found with her head partially blown off. The body h<d bee:i thrown into the river. A young mau named (Jooley has deen taken into custody on suspicion of having committed the crime. The supposed motive is that the husband of the viclim had been subpoenaed as a witness in a criminal charge pending jigainst the prisoner, who was out on bail. Melboxtbnk, May 18 James Johnston, who murdered his wife and family at Ballarat, was executed this morning.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 140, 19 May 1891, Page 2
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