THE TIRSCHKE MURDER.
CHARGE OF MURDER. ROSS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, Jan. 26. Medical evidence at the inquest proved that the girl Tirtschke had been outraged. Matthews, in her evidence, stated £hat Ross was in the habit of tampering with young girls and admitted to her that he had uu .ged Tirtschke. Other witnesses testified to seeing the girl in Ross’s wine bar shortly before her disappearance. Received Jan. 26, 11.50 p.m. Melbourne, Jan. 26.
At the Tirtschke inquest, Sydney Harding, a prisoner in the Melbourne gaol awaiting trial, gave evidence that Hoss (the accused) while in gao, confessed to him that he outraged the girl He then lost his head and stranglec her with his hands, and then tore tne girls clothing into strips and threw it in a river. . . The coroner committed Ross for trial on a charge of murder. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1922, Page 5
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148THE TIRSCHKE MURDER. Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1922, Page 5
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