The Laidley Mystery.
UNJUSTIFIABLE RUMOUR.
A country newspaper has published a statement of a most sensational character in which it is alleged that a watoh and a cheque belonging to Mr Laidley (who mysteriously dis appeared some time ago) had been found among the effects of Philpott, who stands charged with the murder of Hawthorne. We may say at once that this rumour is without any shadow of foundation, aud it is matter of regret that it should hare been Uftcl*! ai any enquiry made of tht
police would have elicited the fact that neither a watch nor cheque nor anything of the kind belonging to Laidley had been discovered. We have a complete list of every article found on Philpott, what was secured in his house and what was recovered from Wellington shops and other sources — all duly identified. Great surprise and no little indignation are expressed by the authorities at the unjustifiable publication, as it is' manifestly unfair to a prisoner awaiting trial on a most serious charge. If it is possible to trace the statement to its source, (hen whoever was guilty in the first plac& of making it public should by severely punished. — N.Z. Times
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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199The Laidley Mystery. Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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