A SYDNEY TRAGEDY.
. .«. ._. SHOT IN BACK. Uy Tolcjrraph.—Press A&soolation.—Copyright Received Tuesday, 8.5 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. An aboriginal girl gathering bottles discarded by Sunday picknickers in the scrub at Yarra Bay. discovered the body of a man. Apparently death had occurred'early on Sunday night by a bullet which entered the middle of his back. It is difficult to understand what business could have taken anyone to such a lonely spot by night. It is supposed to be a case of murder though motive is abßent. Later. The body at Yarra Bay, though having a remarkably likeness to ft man named Mower, has been positively identified as Charles John Stratton, aged 33, a wharf labourer who left home at Chippenale on Sunday afternoon saying he was going to Yarra Bay to play two-up. It is unknown what money he had, but he had only le 4d when found. The police are disinclined to accept the murder theory. They say the 3crub is frequented by parties in search of small game, and possibly a stray bullet killed Stratton.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 595, 20 August 1913, Page 5
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176A SYDNEY TRAGEDY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 595, 20 August 1913, Page 5
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