TIMARU MURDERER.
STATEMENT OF INTENTIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, August 8. Matthews surprised the police by reaching Oamaru so quickly. He said had he suspected their presence they would not have got him so easily. Matthews stated that he intended to get to Canterbury at night by way of Waitaki bridge. “If I had got to Timaru,” he said, “you would never have taken me." From this statement it appears he expected assistance U’ere. •Matthews states that he threw away the knife he used on the floor. He also used a delicate saw which he made from a watch spring fitted to a pen holder. He considers that he should have a new trial.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1921, Page 6
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114TIMARU MURDERER. Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1921, Page 6
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