The Umbrella Mystery Revealed.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5015, 7 February 1885, Page 2

The Umbrella Mystery Revealed.

When the body of tho murdered man Gifford was found near Greymouth;(Bayi the Post), an umbrella, supposed to hare belonged to his murderer, Donohue, wai found underneath the body. Both men were known to hare had umbrellas that., night, and the theory of the prosecution' was that Donohue, after killing Gifford, . took the latter's unmbrella away, in mis* take for his own. Some people, however, doubted whether the one found wai Donohue's, and the most careful search failed to discover Gilford's. Some sawyers near where the murder was commited have; now found the remains of the latter concealed under a log which they cat and turned orer in following their ordinary avocations. It is still good, but consider* ably mildewed and stained, while on the handle there are what appear to be blood stains. The police have taken possession of the umbrella. The West Coast Times remarks;—" There must be some satisfao tion felt by the police and jury that yet another link—though it was hardly wanted —in the chain of circumstantial evidence <; which sent Donohue to his doom has been found. It is probable that Donohue, before washing the blood stains from his boots and garments in the dam, mast have , placed Gifford's umbrella in concealment, which he hoped would be final."