A FEARFUL MURDER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 168, 20 July 1904, Page 2

A FEARFUL MURDER.

WOMAN HACKED IX3 DEATH, (Received July 10, 10.60 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 19. , tl- apdy has occurred at C|iftoa .tf "ill- Mrs Veitch, wife o< a baksr * was found with her head almost sot* ered from her Ixxl.v. There war* Iddicatlons of a terrible struggle, til#* dead woman still grasping a heavy whip in her hands, which were badly cut. She had evidently been tiy- A ing to wrest a weapon from tht : murderer. " • The crime was commuted during •' tho übsence of Mrs Veitch's husbaod and his assistants, who were delivwv ing broad. •_'([. An 'assistant named Charles WIU liarns, nineteen years of age, hai tMMt'i'ij arrested on a charge o( coimr.ltUnjt jjy the murder. SK FURTHER PARTICULARS, « TUB MURDERER CONFESSES. (Received July 00, 1.3 a.m.) * MELBOURNE, July 19.. - Williams, whose blood-stained clothes were found in the bakohouas, K" confessed to the crime. He state* ' that he cut his finder while working in the bakery, and used strong lis. gunge. Mrs Veitch remonstrated • with him, and 'becoming incensed at his further Insolence, camu at hi in wilh n knife and a whip in her hands, A terrible struggle followed, and be

got possession of tho kniftf, gad, nmdo passionate for tho moment, cut her throat.

After changing his clothes be went , to the front, admitted a customer, * and pretended to discover the Grim, Then he informed the police,