CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.] THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
DESPATCH OF THE DETECTIVE TO ARREST BUTLER. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Sydney, 7th December. The inquest on the body 'of Captain Weller, one of the Glenbrook victims, has been adjourned till to-morrow. The medical examination disclosed a heavy revolver bullet flattened against the right side of the scull. It had entered just below the left ear, and pierced the brain, and death was instantaneous. The revolver was evidently fired at short range. The evidence in the Extradition Court disclosed no new facts of importance, but clearly established Butler's connection with Preston and Weller, and the fact of his shipping at Newcastle for San Francisco. While at Newcastle he exhibited a quantity of jewellery, believed to be Weller's. His luggage included a revolver and a plentiful supply of ammunition. The Court granted warrants for the arrest of Butler for the murder of Preston and Weller. Detective Roche has since left for America by the Vancouver route, armed with the necessary papers to obtain Butler's extradidition.
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Evening Post, Volume LII, Issue 169, 8 December 1896, Page 5
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171CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. Evening Post, Volume LII, Issue 169, 8 December 1896, Page 5
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