MURDERS IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Johannesburg is rapidly establishing a record for crimes of a violent character. Within the past few weeks no less than six murders have been committed. . Four of these were discovered in four days, but as the victims were natives, and it was thought that the perpetrators were natives, little notice was taken of them. But recently two Europeans were found murdered, one being terribly mutilated, within 48 hours. The victims were well-known and popular, and the affair caused great indigna- j tion, rewards aggregating £1000 being quickly guaranteed by leading citizens, in addition to areward of £300 offered by the Government for information leading to the conviction of the murderers. One of the victims was an assistant postmaster named Carney, and te was seen shortly before the murder in the company of a man said to be a stranger at Johannesburg. The murder? have apparently not been committed for plunder, as the victims were found with all their valuables intact, and it is therefore supposed the murders have been committed by a homicidal maniac.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXI, Issue 3268, 22 May 1895, Page 4
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178MURDERS IN THE TRANSVAAL. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXI, Issue 3268, 22 May 1895, Page 4
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