SUPPOSED MURDER
Melbourne, October 2-1. The body of a Mrs Lyfield was found in the river at Warrnnmbool, clothed in a night-dress, with a handkerchief drawn tightly round the neck and tied at the back. A sack containing a heavy nave of a dray wheel was drawn over the head and reached to the hips. In this sack was found a letter containing a cheque for a considerable amount. Tho unfortunate woman has been missing from her home for a fortnight. The husband recently advertised for a housekeeper, and stated that his wife had mysteriously disappeared one night and threatened to drown herself. She is supposed to havo been strangled in bed and the body afterwards thrown in the river. The husband has been arrested.
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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 47, 27 October 1896, Page 2
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125SUPPOSED MURDER Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 47, 27 October 1896, Page 2
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