SENKOVITCH CONFESSES.
KILLED EISMOND IN THE NIGHT. Sydney, March 23. The trial of Boris Senkovitch on the charge of murdering Eismond near Bourke in September last was continued to-day. The accused man entered the witness-box and gave his version of the killing of Eismond. He said that up to the time they camped at Bourke they were good friends. On the night of the tragedy he wakened to find Eismond attacking him, holding him
round the neck and nearly choking him. Senkovitch then seized an axe and swung it round blindly. He hit Eismond several times till he fell. Senkovitch then ran away, and on coming back later he found Eismond was dead. He wrapped the body in the tent and flung it into the river, and went back to Bourke. Senkovitch denied doing the killing for money. He took the money, because it partly belonged to him and because he wanted to get back to Russia, and it was of no use to a dead man. Witness said he was afraid to tell the police his story, as he thought, this being an English country, no one would help him because of the ill-feeling towards Russia.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 971, 25 March 1911, Page 4
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197SENKOVITCH CONFESSES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 971, 25 March 1911, Page 4
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