The Glenbrook Mystery.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 135, 7 December 1896, Page 2

The Glenbrook Mystery.

DISCOVERY OF A SECOND BODY. (Per Press Association.) Sydney, Dec. 5. Medical testimony at tbe inquest on the body of Preston brings out as clearly as though he it had been enacted before one's eyes that Preston and his mate had camped for the night in the gully where the body was found. Whether the grave was dug before or after the murder was committed remains a mystery, but it is fairly certain to assume that Preston was sitting down afc the edge of the pool of water divesting himself of his boots when his mate potted him from behind. Probably he was going to have a wash. One of his boots was off and the sock on the same foot partly drawn down. The trnllet passed through the base of the skull, coming out at the raof of the nose, splintering the bony structure. Then the murderer tied a towel round the body and dragged it along the ground about fifteen paces to the hole where it was found. The boot was left behind, to be picked up by the searchers. From tbe composed appearance of the features death must have been instantaneous. The witness Thomson, at whose restaurant Butler stayed, saw the men leavo tbe train at Emu Plains on October 12th. He met Bntlcr again in gyduey on the 29th. Witness said, " Hull's got back again." " Yes," replied Harwood. " What's the matter ".'" queried Thompson. "Oh, the j'ouDg fellow knocked up nnd I had to come back to look for another mate," was Harwood's reply. Thomson suggested his son, and Harwood retorted " Yes, I wish I had takcu him now."' The}' .agreed to talk tbe matter over that night, but Harwood did not turn tip, and they never met a^ain. When Harwood was staying at '>is place he bad two revolvers, the ordinary bull dog, and a knife and Winchester rifle. When he got out at Emu Plains he had a rifle with him. December 6. Tho excitement over the mountain mystery has reached fever heat owing to the discovery of another body — that of Weller Hundreds joined in the search to-day nnd during tlio forenoon two residents of Glenbrook, searching in a gnlly a mile west of tho town, enme ncross ground recently disturbed, with twigs and stones piled on top, under a ledge of rock, similar in many respects to the position of Preston's £»rnve. The pirty also found ft pick with which the grave was evidently dug, find a magn zinc bearing Wdler's name was discovered near by. On arrival of the police sufficient earth was removed to disclose the remains of n human body in an advanced stale of decomposition. One side of the face, however, was in a sufficient state of preservation to make the identification of Weller absolute. The victim had the knees drawn up under his chin, and the boc<s' had appar ent)y been jimmed in tbe bole. How he came by bis death will not be known until the post mortem examination to-morrow. One side of the face bears the appearance o' being crushed in. A third man named Lesah 19 missing. He went to Germantown in the Albury district, and a search will now be instituted there. Constable Conroy, who very nearly decided to accompany Butler on one of his prospecting tours, leaves by the Miowera, en route to San Francisco in order to arrest the accused.