MYSTERIOUS STABBING:

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 7

MYSTERIOUS STABBING:

W. N. WILLIS "THE VICTIM. - ;,• ■-■■'~ :y- '- ——." '■■ ." , .'■'' ■ A RANDWICK RACECOURSE MYSTERY. ■. . i ■ ■•■... ■ . tnr TBr.KonArn— AssnctATiotf-cornuonT.l (Ree. April 27, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, April 27. * - W. N. Willis, who was a leading figure- in the late Crick-Willis land scandals, was found stabbed in some scrub near Raadwick racecourse about midnight, Tho affair .only leaked out t-hia afternoon. . . ~ . Willis is alive, but is unconscious. Ho has reoeived two wounds in the left breast. Clark, trainer for Willis, states that W|llis was at his (Clark's) cottage last, night,- and left there at a v late hour in cheerful spirits. Ho was found later ,by a stable hand ■Uα was conveyed to the cottage. Foul play was not suspected by, those at the cottage, s and medical aid wae . not nonsidered. necessary, till later, when Willis became delirious. Then it was discovered 'hut he had been stabbed, c. -. .- , . The affair is mysterious. Willis was to have appeared in Court to-day in conneoyon \yith a case in which a man named Daly was charged with attempting to extort money from Willis. ■S: :■*■"; \ . ; Tho judge ordered Willis to show cause tor failing to appear on'his subpoena. Later en tho news of-tho iragedy'leaked out; ,, •■. : \:'