NAMOI MURDER.
TRIAL OF WILLIAMS. STATEMENT BY THE PRISONER. Bj Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received April 28, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At the trial of the youth Williams, charged with the murder of Johnston at Wee Waa, in December last, accused made a statement that he was working for Johnston, and they quarrelled. Johnston struck him, and on the spur of the n.oment he picked up a hammer and struck and killed Johnston. He sank the body in the river, and afterwards sold Johnston's horses and wagon. A body was seen in the river by two boys, and was identified as that of Johnston, a ""travelling saddler, who, with Williams, _a youth of 18, passed through Wee Waa a few days previously in a two-horse wagonette. Subsequently Williams returned alone, soli the turn-out, and disappeared. He was arrested later at Pilhga, about thirtysix mires from Wee Waa. On visiting Johnston's camp up the river, seven miles from Wee Waa, the police found a quantity of Johnston's belongings and two beds of leaves, the ground under the head of one being saturated with blood.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 99, 28 April 1909, Page 5
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184NAMOI MURDER. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 99, 28 April 1909, Page 5
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