The Amberley Tragedy.
The inquest on the victim of the Amberley tragedy took place on Friday. After formal evidence had been taken as to the identification, &c, Constable Johnston stated that the man in custody had said that his correct name was William Sheen an, and that he had made the following •tatement:—
• I met the girl on the road yesterday. I didn't know her. . In a fit of passion I assaulted her and murdered her. I met her in the plantation about dinner-time. I knocked her down with a stick and covered her over with gorae, and then went away. I killed her with the knife found on me. There was no blood on the knife, and I got none on myself. I don't know what made me do it. I never saw her before. I make this statement of my own free will. No one pressed me to make the statement.— (Signed) William Sheehan."
Beehan was oalm and collected when making the statement.
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Hugh Fraser, alaU William Sheehan. — Press Association.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1897, Page 3
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181The Amberley Tragedy. Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1897, Page 3
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