CRIME ON A STEAMER
' ' • NOVEL DETECTIONBETRAYED BY A BEATING HEART. ■ ROBBERY AND WOUNDING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyriftht.) (Rec. Juno 27, 5.5 p.m.) . 1 , t " Brisbane, Juno 27. During the voyage from Singapore of the Dutch mail steamer Van Spilbergon' (which went, ashore in Torres Straits,, and was refloated after jettisoning 400 tons of oil), a lady passenger, Mrs. Wingfiold, had her throat cut, and was robbed of somo belongings by two men who entered her .cabin. ■The wound is not serious. 'Tho. captain immediately found out tho culprits by.marshalling the.crew, and picking out a man whose heart was beating abnormally. ■ ' The man confessed, and ho and' another havo been committed for trial charged'with the crime:'/ ■'■".' "''-'■':■ \-
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 545, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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114CRIME ON A STEAMER Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 545, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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