MYSTERY DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 19, 24 January 1939, Page 11

MYSTERY DEATH.

SYDNEY CRIMINAL. BODY FOUND IN HARBOUR. WITNEII IK COURT CASE. IFrom Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, January 19. The mysterious death of Thomas McGrory (40), a well-known criminal, is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Bureau. A fisherman found his body floating beneath the wharf in Rozelle Bay. ■Medical examination disclosed that AlcGrory had been dead probably since January 11. He was clothed only in trousers, shirt and shoes and in one of is pockets was a Court order to appear a« a witness at the Central Criminal Court. Detective-Sergeant Boswell recognised the shirt McGrory was wearing as one ii i ' IO ' ,a< ' * lven ln when he was called as a witness at the Central Police Court. McGrory was found stabbed in the Domain on December 27. Tlie same day a man was arrested and charged with having wounded him, but McGrory was also charged with having assaulted the man. McGrory, being in hospital as a lesult of his wounds, the case was adjourned. The man who was charged with wounding McGrory is still in Long Bay gaol awaiting trial. After McGrory® body had been found, the police discovered that the address he had given <»in Ultimo was a wool store where he was not known. They say he had no fixed place of abode, but had a criminal record extending over 15 years.