MURDER CHARGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 75, 10 January 1936, Page 5

MURDER CHARGE.

SEQUEL TO ITALIAN'S DEATH. f —— (United Press Association—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, January 9. A finding that Luigi Marehesi died from injuries feloniously and unlawfully inflicted by Giacomo Tarco, was returned by the coroner, after inquiring into the disappearance of Marehesi. . Tarca was committed for trial on a charge of murder. A story of a fight in the bush over wages, during which he hit Marehesi on the head with a piece of wood and subsequently burned: the body, was contained in a statement alleged to have been made by Tarco, who, however, was alleged to have made a later statement, in which he declared that lour Italians living on Marcbesi’s farm had killed Marehesi.

A message bn. December '6 read : Fears that Luigi Marehesi, aged 60, a farmer of Lilydale, 21 miles from Melbourne, who had been missing since November 18, had been murdered, were confirmed late yesterday, when his body was found under a wood The head was apparently smashed with a spade. The police are searching for a Malran farm labourer. Marehesi was reputed to have had a large sum of money hoarded in his house. Marehesi’s body was found in two sections, an attempt having apparently been made to burn it. A remarkable feature of the case is that a man, dressed in Marehesi’s clothes, succeeded in having Marcliesi’s bank account transferred to Adelaide, where ho drew £B3. There is evidence that the murderer dismembered the body and broke tlie bones into small pieces before burning it. The police are making a search in all the States.