SYDNEY CRIMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 164, 13 July 1928, Page 7

SYDNEY CRIMES.

MURDER MYSTERY.

Definite Clue To Marrickville

Slaying.

TWO ELDERLY WOMEN SHOT

(Received 11 a.m.)

SYDNEY, this day.

Detectives after working strenuously upon the Marrickville double murder, in which Mrs. Sarah Falvey and her sister, Miss Vaughan, both elderly women, were shot, state that they now have a definite clue.

They are now trying to locate a miss ing man.

They say they have fairly reliable information as to his movements since the date of the crime.

A shocking double murder was perpetrated late on the night of June 30 at Marrickville, a south-western suburb of Sydney. Two masked men riding a motor cycle drove up to a confectionery shop kept by Mrs. Falvey and Miss Vaughaq, and attempted to rob the till. The women screamed, whereupon one of the intruders drew a revolver and shot both of them. Mrs. Falvey was killed instantly, and her sister subsequently died in hospital. A number of people in the vicinity heard tli,e firing, and saw one of the men with a smoking revolver running from the shop, but they could not capture either of themThe stories of eye-witnesses varied. Some said that there were two men, and some said there was only one. Robbery was apparently the only motive for the crime. Detectives, while searching the shop after the murder, unearthed money hidden in many parts of the building. They also ascertained that one of the dead women had bank deposits amounting to £2300, but one bank book was missing. A neighbour informed the police that Mrs. Falvey had some time before the murders told him that a certain person owed her money, and that they had had a dispute over it. The detectives are handicapped by the fact that nobody saw the crime committed or detected the number of the murderers' motor cycle. It is believed, however, that he is acquainted with the locality. PARK OUTRAGE. Girl Victim's Mind A Blank Regarding Crime. REWARD BEARING FRUIT. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. It is understood that the New South Wales Government's offer of a reward of £500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the Sefton Park outrage, in which a sixteen-year-old girl was alleged to have been assaulted and badly injured on the night of July 2, is bearing fruit. Developments are expected shortly. The girl has regained consciousness but her mind is a blank regarding the motorists' attack upon her.

All she recollects us that two men were in a shabby, double-seater car, the number or colour of which she has no knowledge.

The sixteen-year-old girl who was alleged to have been assaulted and badly injured was found in some scrub at Sefton Park, Sydney, on July 3, after having laid there all night. In a statement to the police the girl said that with a girl friend she had left the factory where they worked at 5.30 on the night of the crime- On the way home they met two men in a motor car, who asked them if they wanted a ride in the car to meet their bus. They consented, but later her friend left the car, and before she could follow, th(? men drove quickly away. After assaulting her they left her in the scruTj iu a semiconscious condition. The girl's condition handicapped the police, and on July 6 the State Government offered a reward of £500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the men. On July 9 it was reported that the girl had regained consciousness, but that her mind was a blank, and she could not give the police any assistance in tracing the men who had assaulted her.