THE QUEENSLAND MURDERS.
\ LUNATIC AT LARGE
BRISBANE, January 17.
Burgess complains that the police are endeavouring by unfair means to weave a web of most incriminating
wind him
His clothes a.re being chemically ex^^aitu uiiU his boots used to see if they correspond with the tracks found in the vicinity of the murder.
The Gatton people are being kept in a simmer of excitement.
The latest sensation is that a lunatic is roaming at large through the dis-
trict, with a knife, seeking to kill somebody. The police are pursuing him.
BRISBANE, this day
A waistcoat mended in a peculiar fashion has been found near the scene of Hill's murder. It is regarded as an important clue.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 18 January 1899, Page 5
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