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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN ANJI N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A MYSTERY SOI.YED. KKI.ATIV.I-; () 1- I’KESI DENT LINCOLN. [Received this (lav at 0.0 a.m.) ,\E\Y Vol{ K, Jail. 14. The arrest of Warren Lincoln, sc- - conil cousin of I’residrnt ALraliam Lincoln, at Chicago has solved the strange case of a iloiihle nttmlei. lie confessed that he shot Byron Shonp. of Aurora, Illinois, and later killed his own wife, beating her on the lit ad with a poker. This double crime was committed it tear ago. Lincoln admitted cutting off the heads and legs of his victims and hurtling the Lode-,. Shonp was Lincoln's Itrolher-in-law and Lincoln was dissatisfied with his domestic relations. He first threw the police oil the scent hy claiming that he and two victims were kidnapped by tin- Chicago dope ring. Torn portions of Lincoln's nightshirt were y, found sou! lured on tin- path leading from his country home. He look other clever measures to deceive the detectives, but they succeeded in utiifavelling the 'plots. Shortly alter the crime Lincoln disappeared and the polite for a time worked under the belief that his wife and Shonp killed him and went away together. FURTHER DEC I, IN' K IX SIKH LI NO NEW YORK. dan. 11. Eretieh and llelgian francs are each quoted slightly in excess of four cents, . a new low record, while the lire romiiined stable at four arid four-tenths cents.