FLED FROM MURDERER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9844, 24 October 1924, Page 2

FLED FROM MURDERER

GIRL’S GHASTLY STRUGGLE

SHOT AS SHE RAN AWAY

. MARYBOROUGHOet. 13. Further invoStig'£it'Jons nito Lie trdgecl'y ini which '"VyHiinm Ohsußh Bayldon eommited'suicide after shooting Myrtle Moore, both 'being iouml on a motor-lorry about lour nuto from Maryborough, indicate that tne girl escaped and was shot -at-by hun. For about 25 yards away from the. spot numerous pellets were diseovoiet in trees and a pool of blood \y'as loiind op the track, while the cartridge she I was left where the cur had stopped. It is, believed that the girl continu'd running tor some distance, but on being hit by the second shot which bayidoii lire cl she fell. Signs of a great struggle were voiy evident. The girl evidently managed to get through the fence into a paddock, and signs of another struggle could he seen for about another 40 yards. Two spent cartridges were found at the spot, and it is stated that that was the place where the girl was murdered. Bayldon then wrote a letter, jOI the torn up remains of it and a pencil inure found with the cartridge shells. The boclv of the girl was earned by Bayldon to a watcrholc close by, and after '-was]ling- her wounds no hanr d!agod her arms and then placed her on the lorry again. r ilie tracks ol the car followed along the lane, and at ten. turning in to another la nonay the car was driven to the road. . Bayldon stopped at- the residence or Mr. A. Aitkens and asked linn to Witness "a will. After leaving the residence, Bayldon returned to the junction of the roads, where he shot himself.