BODY IN WELL
BAG OVER HEAD. MURDER IN AUSTRALIA. ROBBERY CONSIDERED THE MOTIVE United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-tiL SYDNEY, May 7. The body of a man identified as Charles Dawson, formerly a tram driver, was found yesterday hidden in a disused shallow well close lo Lake Illawarra on the south coast of NewSouth Wales. Dawson had been shot in one temple and a bag had been placed over his head and fastened around his neck with a rope. The police are convinced that the man was murdered. He had lived alone in a one-roomed building and received a pension, but it is known that he posed as a man of means. It is thought that robbery was the motive for the crime. The police discovered a trail of blood leading from the hut to the spot where the body was buried. The police to-day arrested Francis Henry Maudlin, aged 27, near Bulli, south coast, and charged* him with murdering Daw-son.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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160BODY IN WELL Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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