The Blenheim Mystery.
A QUEER STORY. It i* stavd that a prisoner afc tb'. InverearfrM Gaol has made alty imp utanii atateiaent regarding tbe supposed murder of Bat.,herley at mnfkfm wbmM|#f|ap the mfmfr Tb&jjMrWNP™ no information, bnt it is nnaVwtdpd that the prisoner will be forittally brought before the Court. , On Thursday afternoon Jjjftlfajn ISergt. fiaeaonelf appHeflTior an Adjournment, stating that he wished Io ■ ydp^MMi ai^ines. Mr %fao T for the accused, objected, remarking that the police were going to make some si artling revelations. A remand was granted until Wednesday. The polish authorities still decline to give Blenheim resident" ofl Satheriey's about tbe statement alleged to ha?e been made by Peterson id reference >trtbe Qatherley mystery in Blenheim. Peterson, who is a thick-set, po werfui man, between 80 and 40 yeai"B. was sept to gaol for a month fov' robbing; % till, deration it is saifl that he h^bpr trying to find oat the position "that an accessory to a murder would be in as regards the reward as an informer. It is also current that he has referred to the Blenheim affair as if he knew more about it than other people. It U possible a trumped-up asory.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 September 1898, Page 2
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199The Blenheim Mystery. Manawatu Herald, 24 September 1898, Page 2
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