AN ISLAND TRAGEDY.
DOUBLE MURDER BY NATIVES.
By T»l«n»»u-PrM» AMbcsaObn.-OopyrW»t Received January 4. 9.20 a.m. Sydney, This Day.
Detail* are to hand of the murder of two brotteerli named Weber at Rooke Island. German New Guinea. Two rawithe ago Ernest Weber, for* merly connected with the German misgionacy society, eeveted hie connection, and visited Germany. He.Tetany •da year ago with bin wife and child and brother and established a trading station at the island. One mornlfig islander* lined up for work and attacked and butchered the brothers and the Cbio*»e overseer. Mrs Weber end child were •bsent and escaped.
Robbery waa the object of the nativoe, who looted Weber'a stores.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 530, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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110AN ISLAND TRAGEDY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 530, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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