MURDER WILL OUT.
A. GHASTLY DISCOVERY.
BODY FOUND IN A RIVER. A MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. "Received December 23, 9.35 a.m. SYDNEY, December 23. The body of a man has been found "in the Namoi River, at Wee Waa, 376 milss north-west of Sydney, with the brake block of a wagon attached, and having a ghastly wound m the head.
The body has been identified as that of a travelling saddler named Johnston, who, with a companion, a youth of 18, passed through Wee Waa in a two-horse wagomtte at the end of last month. Subsequently ■ Johnston's companion returned alone, sold the turn-out, and then disappeared. Yesterday a man was arrested on suspicion at Pilliga, about thirty-six miles from Wee Waa. Meantime the police visited a camp seven' miles up the river, and found a quantity of Johnston's belongings and two beds of leaves, the ground under the head of one -being saturated with blood. A recent fresh in the river carried the body to the place where it was found.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3078, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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171MURDER WILL OUT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3078, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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