The " Hobart Town Mercury," of the 29th ult., says: — "It will be remembered that there was recorded in this journal on 20th February 1860 an account of a most fearful double murder which had been committed in Adelaide-street on the morning of the 18th of that month, the victims of the almost unparaUeled atrocities committed in the perpetration of the crimes being an old man named George Tickner and Mary Tickner his wife Circumstances led at that time, to tbe conclusion that these atrocious murders had not been committed for the mere purpose of plunder, or that, if that were so, the murderer had failed in his object, 200 English sovereigns and other property having heen afterwards found in an outhouse near the premises, in which it had been concealed by the old man in his life time. The dreadful nature of the crime, and the unheard of brutaUtywith which the. murders were committed caused the greatest, excitement . at the time, and several parties were apprehended on suspicion of having been engaged in the bloody deed, but were discharged after magisterial inquiry, and the atrocious crimes, so far as regarded the perpetration, have since remained enveloped in mystery. Now, however, it would appear that aU -that related to their perpetration is about to be., cleared up, information having reached Hobart Town within the last few days that a man named James Baxter, formerly a constable, in the Hobart Town Pohce, .had dehvered himself up .tothe pohce authorities at Lyttelton, New. Zealand, confessing that he was the murderer.of the above unfortunate pair, adding that-if the authorities at Hobart Town would send Detective Vickers over to Lyttelton, he would make a full confession of the whole of tho facts connected with the dreadful crime. And acting upon this information Vickers was ordered -to proceed to Lyttelton to take charge of Baxter, and left here for that purpose in the Witch of the Tees, barque, which sailed hence for InvercargiU on Saturday last, and it may be expected, therefore, that further detatts wttl shortly arrive. The ahove are the whole of the particulars which it is desirable at present, to . make known in reference itO:these;mun3ers,; and which for. obvious-reasons have fbeen held: QTer imtil the Witch of the Tees was weU clear of the port."
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Southland Times, Issue 633, 18 February 1867, Page 6
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