THE COLCHESTER MYSTERY.
i IMPORTANT EVIDENCE. i "(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) j - ♦ WELLINGTON, this day. Re the Bla.tch case, a letter from the Chief of Police states that a number of fTacoma, United States, America, citizens have identified photo-| graphs as being those of Lilly white, JJ whom they knew well as a painter and? decorator. A statement is enclosed] from F. C. Clarke, whom the Chief of| Bolice warrants to be a reputable citi-| zen, and who says that Lillywhite was? never beyond his reach from ISB9 to| July, 1894, when he saw him off by| the steamer to New Zealand. (The f murder occurred in December, 1893).| The Chief of Police states that iti would be easy to get affidavits of ident-! ifieation from a number of reputable! citizens. A portrait lof Lillywhite in a| Trades Union group is also sent. Mr| Skerrett say it has been conceded that| t'if documents found in the accused^ man's possession were his property,? he could not possibly be Blatch. This) question, he claims, is now set at rest| by the correspondencei ■, ~ ...» . I
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 25 January 1901, Page 8
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