THE TROTTER MURDER.
Melbourne, Thursday. The man Harold Thompson, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Mr Trotter, chief collector for Messrs Macßobertsons & Sonß,confectioners, on the night of January Gtb, has been committeed for trial. | Bail was refused. Mrs Trotter, in her evidence at the inquest, said that both burglars appeared to be slim. One was taller than the other. The voice of the taller man seemed boyish, as if the voice was breaking into manhood. Thompson's voice did not appear to be the same as that of the latter. Thompson's voice was gruff and lowtoned, the voice of a man. Coninuing. she said that Thompson did not seem slimly built to her. The. coat worn by the taller man was striped, something like the one produced, The felt hat produced was something like the one worn by the taller of the burglars. Nobody to her knowledge knew where the money was kept. She went once to see Thompson, but was unable to identify him. The evidence against Thompson consisted of a fingor print on the windowsill of the back window. An expert stated that its characteristics agreed with those of Thompson's finger-pirnt.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 538, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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195THE TROTTER MURDER. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 538, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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