A BUSH TRAGEDY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3319, 24 October 1919, Page 3

A BUSH TRAGEDY.

RE’I‘URi\?ED SOLDIER‘ VICTIM. ROBBERY APP.‘-XRENTLY THE MOTIVE. ' T()‘()WOO.MBA (Q.), Oct_ 14. A iuurdci‘ of a particu-lzily *onl'ta] character is reported from Giliguiggul Station, near Miles. The details available here are meagre, but it would appear that a. returned Sold'i.Cl' nz-mind i"'-E‘.il(r‘_‘y‘, who had for some time bu-". 1 ifollowiiig the calling of a “sc:111)ei-,” 2-" ’n‘al)pvl' of mzu'supi-als, was the ‘.'?_(".i":m of the tragedy. ‘ A On Sunday last :1 settler l]:11:1(.’Cl Willisky, while wntorili.g his Cattle‘ in Sandy Cfmelg noticed" that the saml had been rece-ntly disturbed, and was piled up in the shape of a nmun-;l. Ht.~'cl'atclled away some Ofathe sand aw} (liscoVoi'ed the log of :1 man rzlothcni in khaki. The police exhunnd the body, which was identified as that of Bailey. He had been shot through the head, and tlicro, were indications that the shot \\'.as fired at close range. Evidently he had only bot;-11 dead yubout 24 hours. His rifio was found Snnxe dis--1‘:L11C(‘. away. » It is iindcrstoud that Bailey :=.rri\*ed from Juaiidah 1-ecvntly with skinsfaiiifi on I'O<.'-(_‘i\'illf__l‘ the cusli fur Xheni had started on the I'c!lu'n j0u':110y foi'Mliles. [He camped at the I(i—m’ilo post for lunch. It was there that the t'l'ziged._\f ae<ml'i'ed. A. man and :1 boy had preViuusly Czimpcd with Bziiloy, and th-sy hail lvft for Milrs the .‘<':uno :it‘L'm'llooil. stir; miles further on the man parted +l’ am the boy. .~=tai‘ing that he was ccmiiyg \vz2§lla‘ns' shooting. This man

had not‘ sinc-,0 been seen. The money roczi-ive-.‘i by Bailey for his" skins was nfssing when the body was exhumed. Bailey had held ‘i-he I':mk of Soi'gf.Major in the A.I.F.’