A STORY OF SULLIVAN, THE MURDERER.
A CURIOUS story about Sullivan, the murderer, is told by the captain of the ship Loch Ryan, which has just come out of quarantine, at Wellington. According to him, about four years ago, when ready to sail for England, a man dressed as a policeman took passage for Home. When the vessel sailed, he changed his clothes forthose of a civilian. During his sleep, he frequently raved about the murder of Briggs, a bank manager on the West Coast. It happened that the cook of the Loch Ryan was a West Coaster, and knowing of the murders, the sleeptalking of Sullivan brought his features to his recollection. He told his mates, and one night several of them rigged up a block during the night, ran out the rope through the skylight, and had actually fixed a noose over the murderer’s head with a view of “ stringing him up when an officer appeared on the scene in time to prevent his being lynched.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1042, 28 February 1882, Page 4
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168A STORY OF SULLIVAN, THE MURDERER. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1042, 28 February 1882, Page 4
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