MELBOURNE SENSATION.
SUPPOSED MURDER.
AN ARREST MADE.
Melbourne, this day. A shocking murder is rsporbed near Cunningham,
Two young swaggmen named Charles Strange and " Sandy" were camped close to a hotel. A man named Groom visited tbe camp yesterday morning and found Strange burning clothes. When questioned he said he had had a row with "Sandy," and the latter had left. Before leaving tbe camp Strange gave Groom a tenb and some clothes, and on them being examined blood was found, which wai tracked some distance into bhe bush where bhe body of Sandy was found under a blanket. He had been bwice stabbed through bhe hearb and his head was also smashed in.
The police pursued and arrested Strange on a charge of being concerned in bbc murder.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 268, 9 November 1895, Page 5
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