A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2326, 8 March 1892, Page 4

A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

Melbourne, March 4.

A tragedy has heen unearthed at Windsor. The decomposed body of a woman has been found under the hearthstone in an unoccupied cottage. A toolmaker rented the place six weeks ago but never occupied it. The Windsor tragedy promises to rank among the sensational crimes of the colonies. The cottage was let in December, and occupied by a man and woman who were surrounded by a certain amount of mystery. A laundryman says that the clothes of both displayed richness. The man was evidently a foreigner. The crime was discovered by a prospective tenant visiting the house where he detected a disagreeable odour. The hearthstone was dug up and the cement casing reached. When broken up it disclosed a body doubled up, and the cement had to be picked away piece by piece before an examination could be made. A deep cut was then found in throat and a wound in the head. The detectives fix the date of the murder as Christmas eve. Although there is no clue to the identity of the individuals, it is believed from scraps of paper found in the house that they had just arrived from England. March 6. The victim of the Windsor murder is supposed to be a women named Williams. Among the passengers by the last trip of the Kaiser Wilhelm were a Mr and Mrs Williams, and their fellow passengers state that Williams treated his wife in a brutal manner, also that he insulted her on every possible occasion, and paid marked attention to another woman. The police have succeeded in tracking these people from the steamer to the house where the tragedy occurred.