Murder charge
PA Invercargill 11 A man, aged 25, was ar-'I rested in Bluff yesterday and I charged with the murder of William Walker, who died ini i his hut at the Ocean Beach' freezing works on Tuesday. The man was taken front; Bluff to the Invercargill' Police Station, and will: appear in the Magistrate’s; ■Court at Invercargill today. I C Mr Walker, aged 25. died in his hut at the works,) where he was employed,) apparently from head injuries, after a brawl at a> -cabaret on Saturday night.!i
He was found dead in his hut on Tuesday morning and had been dead for at least 24 hours. However, yesterday’s arI rest has not brought an end I to the inquiry. Seventeen detectives from Invercargill 'and Dunedin, headed by De--1 tective Senior-Sergeant B. H. Bell, are still conducting inquiries from the Bluff Police (Station. They want to interview as I many of the 200 persons I present at the cabaret as ; possible, in an effort to I piece together events leading up to and during the brawl.
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