LIVERPOOL MURDER

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1932, Page 5

LIVERPOOL MURDER

| STRANGESTORY l A CONFESSION BY MOXLEY. (Australian tress Association.) SYDNEY, May The Coroner, Air T. S. Poolman, opened to-day an .inquiiy into the <leaths of the man Wilkinson and the girl Denzel on April 11, the victims of the Liverpool, tragedy. A surging |ci'o\vd tried in vain to gain admission Jto the court. • u William Moxley, who was arresrea on April 21, was present in custody. He is charged with murdering the pair.

The medical evidence disclosed that Wilkinson was shot in the back of the head at close range. His skull was in fragments. Gun wads and seventytwo pellets of shots were extracted. Tile gtn Denzel’s head was also frightfully injured by a shot fired from tne same position. iShe had also been violated, apparently by force, before her death. A statement, 'signed by Moxley, was read; in the course of which he admit4%>d having come upon the pair sitting orb, the grass on the Strathfield Golf Links, Their sports car was nearby. Moxley was then driving a truck. He decided to challenge Wilkinson, who replied that he had only, seven shiL lings. The girl Denzel placed' her | hand In Wilkinson’s pocket, extracted l the money and handed it to Moxiey, who decided to 'steo 1 their car., as ins own truck was hard to start. Ho compel'.ed the pair, at the point of a gun which he possessed to get into the ear, saying that he was going to take them away. Without warning, Wilkinson attacked him. A' good fight ensued. The girl seemed terrified, but she never squealed. Moxley added: “I must have got in first-, and I tied Wilkinson’s hands behind his back. I made them

get into the car, and I drove them to Liverpool. There 'we had another

fight. I don’t remembered what happaired. My mind afterwards was a te.ank. I never saw theme people before, and I regret having done them any harm. lam very sorry. My own father was shot in the head, and died. My brother was also- shot dead. When I was ten years’ old, I was discharged by the Children’s Court. I firmly believe that what happened was fated to happen. Two years ago I was shot through the head, and nearly lost my life, doing a service to the public. I am unable to control my temper. The only explanation I can make is that I unconsciously did this thing, becauseI, suffer from pains in the head. to police questions, MoxAoy")'gaid that nobody else was with him on the night of the tragedy. A MOXLEY’S HEAD INJURY. SYDNEY, Mivy 3. Regarding Moxley, Detective Bowie gave evidence that some years Moxley, who was known by the police, was shot in the head. -.Two men were charged with this crime. They were acquitted/ Considerable evidence was given In regard to Mosley’s movements before v*i#l" after the Liverpool crime, and also in regard to exhibits discovered at his home and at the scene of the burials, The hearing was adjourned.