GUIDE'S DREADFUL CRIME.
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH I i IN OIL-SOAKED BLANKETS. deceived 9.30 a.m.) ! HALIFAX, September 6. A horrible crime has been revealed by the arrest of Omar Roberts, a prominent guide, who confessed that when his 19----year-old housekeeper repulsed his advances he wrapped her in blankets, soaoked them in oil, set them on fire, and burned her alive.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 7 September 1922, Page 5
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63GUIDE'S DREADFUL CRIME. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 7 September 1922, Page 5
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