A Shocking Tragedy.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, This Day. A supposed shocking murder is reported near Cunningham. Two young swagmen named Chas. Strange and " Sandy " camped close to a hotel. A groom visited the camp yesterday morning and found Strange burning clothes, and when questioned he said he had a row with " Sandy," and the latter had left. Before leaving camp Strange gave the groom a tent and some clothes, and on their being examined blood was found which was tracked some distance into the bush, where the body of " Sandy " was fund under a blanket. He had been twice stabbed through, and his head was also smashed in. The police pursued and arrested Strange on a charge of being concerned in the murder.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 113, 9 November 1895, Page 2
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124A Shocking Tragedy. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 113, 9 November 1895, Page 2
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