THE WHITELEY MURDER.
LONDON, March 22. Rayner, convicted of the murder of Mr Whiteley, known as the Univeral Provider, has been found guilty and sentenced to death. Received March 24, 4.22 p.m. LONDON, March 23. At Rayner's trial, an aunt of the accused, named Louisa Turner, who was Whiteley's mistress,testified that Whiteley did not know Rayner's mother till Rayner was four years old. Rayner's testimony failed to establish that he was Whiteley's son, though he had seen Whitley at his mother's house in childhood. He had never visited him till the day of the murder. He then claimed that he was a son of Whiteley's, which Whiteley neither admitted nor denied. Rayner asked for assistance, and threatened to commit duicide. Whiteley went outside his office, and when invited to return declined, saying: "I have sent for a policeman." Rayner declared that he remembered no more.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8387, 25 March 1907, Page 5
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145THE WHITELEY MURDER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8387, 25 March 1907, Page 5
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