THE BOURKE TRAGEDY
ACCUSED'S STORY. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 23, 11.10 p.m. Sydney, March 23. Senkoviteh, tlie Russian accused of murdering his companion Eismond, at Bourke last year, gave his version of the killing of Eismond. He said that up to the time they camped at Bourke they wore good friends. On the night of the tragedy he awakened to find Eismond attacking him. He held him round the neck, nearly choking him. Senkoviteh seized an axe, swung it blindly, and hit Eismond several times till he fell. Senkoviteh then ran away. When he came back he found Eismond dead. He wrapped the body in a tent, and flung it into the river, and went back to Bourke. He denied killing for money. He took the money because it "partly belonged to him, and because he wanted to get back to Russia, it being no use to a dead man. He was frightened to tell the police his story, and thought that this being an English country no one would help him, this because of illfeeling between Russia and tlie British.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 260, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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182THE BOURKE TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 260, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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