THE MOUAT MURDER
BROTHER’S STATEMENT UNTRUE. ,»CHTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIILE AHSOCItnON MELBOURNE, Aug. 20 In connection with the Springvnlc* murder, Doctor Mollison (pathologist) states the story told by Ivan Mount, cannot be true, because it is inconsistent with the results of the post mortem. Dr Mollison says his theory is that he could not he drowned, as stated, in two or three inches of water. The depth at the most was a foot. .Moreover there were no marks on the head where Ivan says he struck h:brother with a stick.
The police interviewed a lad who win in the neighbourhood, and who hampered the* police civilians search parlies on Sunday by giving false information. He told the police searchers ill at the civilians had searched the racecourse and then later told the civilians that the police had done -0
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1924, Page 3
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139THE MOUAT MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1924, Page 3
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