THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A LANDLORD.

Kumara Times, Issue 3125, 8 November 1886, Page 2

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A LANDLORD.

Melbourne, October 27. The town of Albury has been in a state of great excitement concerning the mysterious disappenrance of a man named Raglan Davey, an old resident of Albury. Davey has for many years followed the calling of a water-carrier, but last week he purchased the goodwill and the stock at the Railway Hotel. On 20lh he took possession of the hotel and moved in, remaining in the house with his wife until after midnight. He then left the room, saying he would go for a stroll, and never returned. Next day his wife discovered a large pool of blood in a small passage running along the houae to a gateway giving access to the stables. Near the pool of blood were imprints of bloodstained hands. On the ground path were tracks of blood, which wore also seen down a lane, ending at a gate on which were several imprinte of bloody hands, as if the person had first clung to the gate for support, and then undone the gate fastening. Davey bad cvsv £SOO on him in cheques, and ea&h to the extent of ,£lO or £ls. From the statement of a woman named

M'Bean foul play is suspected. She states that on Wednesday night she was awakened by her dog barking, and on going to ascertain the cause she observed three men going in the direction of the river; two of them were Holding up between them the third man, who seemed helpless, and his bead was hanging down. She concluded that it was merely a case of two men taking home a drunken companion, and she | paid no further aWntibn to the matter until Davey's disappearances was tepoi ted, when she informed the police of the matter, and they immediately proceeded to examine the road and spot indicated by Mrs M'Bean. They found blond on the footpath where the track passed, a large lagpon and creek between this},spot arid the river. In the meantime a labourer, named George Henry Little, has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the affair. He had , been in and out of the hotel for some days, and is said to have been ejected by Davey for impropriety of language on Wednesday. He has been brought before the Police Court and remanded.