THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY.
Received May 13, 12.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 12. No arrest has yet been made in connection with the murder of Mrs Gallagher at Richmond. O'Sullivan, a butcher, living next door, in a house belonging to the victim, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness and discharged. A butcher's steel was found among the bedclothes in the victim's house. O'Sullivan admitted that the steel belonged to him. but he could not say how it came into Mrs Gallagher's possession. It had been lying about his yard for some time. He admitted that he was in arrears with his rent, and that the deceased had served him with a notice to quit. He stoutly denied any connection with the murder.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3188, 13 May 1909, Page 5
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121THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3188, 13 May 1909, Page 5
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