POPLAR MURDER
VERDICT AGAINST BROTHER. (Rec. 9.5 p.m.) London, January 18. At the inquest concerning the deaths of Emily and Peter White, the Coroner returned a verdict of murder.—A. and N.Z. A tradesman heard groans in a house at Poplar on Monday. The police forced an entry and found the bodies of Emily White and her brother, Peter, both killed by blows on the head with a hatchet. They also found William, another brother, lying with his throat cut. He was taken to the hospital and detained by the police. The Whites were an eccentric family and had little communication with their neighbours.
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Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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103POPLAR MURDER Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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