THE SYDNEY MURDER CASE.
[per press ASSOCIATION —COPVRIOIJT,] Sydney, Jan 26 Woolford, when arrfsted, confessed that [prior to the murder of Long the other two arrestees visited the hotel. He gave thenv an i i.-pvadon key of the sa'e. Woolford, Digby G.-and, and tbe Yeomans, were to day charged with murdering Long. _ A witness sensational evidence in reference ts conversations aw:ng>t the acaucd and a fourth man who has not been arrested, whereat arrangements were made for a r.uuiber of burglaries, including the hotel where Long was murdered, and utilising a racing mare for convening the spoil. Witness alleged that he was asked to take a hand in tho burglaries, but declined. The evidence was not finished. Tho police seized the racing mare and asceitained that tho owr;ers lent her to Grand's companion on tho night of the murder. Digby Grand is a notorious criminal and was remandel today in connection with the reeer.t burglary at Paddington. As a result of remarks overhead by a fellow employee at the time of Long's funeral, Woodford, a groom at the hotel at the scene of the tragedy was arrested. Acting on admissions made by Woodford the police arrested two other men named Grand and Yeoman,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 January 1903, Page 4
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203THE SYDNEY MURDER CASE. Greymouth Evening Star, 27 January 1903, Page 4
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