THE QUEENSLAND MURDERS.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
MELBOURNE, this day. Wilson, who was arrested at Albany, was formerlj- a teacher in Warnanibool College, and Adelaide and Broken Hill. He acted as lay reader and Sunday-school teacher in several churches. A few days ago he wrote to two clergymen with whom he was formerly connected, from Melbourne, asking for money, as he urgently needed it to go to Adelaide. BRISBANE, this d?y. A female servant resident within seven hundred 'yards of the scene oi the Gatton tragedy has stated to the police that about.ten o'clock at night she heard two shots fired and a woman screaniing, 'Oh, father, save me.' . She attached no importance to the occurrence and took no notice.
Another resident also heard shots and screams, but treated them similarly..--.' _ .. ".''.-.._ BRISBANE, January 10. The murder charge against Burgess has been withdrawn, and a minor charge of theft preferred, against him. Much confusion exists about the arrests* It is now stated that the Bundaberg arrest is for Hill's murder, and it is believed that the man wanted : for the Ipswich crime, had no hand in Hill's affair. . ALBANY. January 10. Wilson, wanted on suspicion of having committed unnatural offences in Ipswich, has been arrested here.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 8, 11 January 1899, Page 5
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