MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
SENSATION IN MELBOURNE. ALLEGED FRATRICIDE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. MELBOURNE, 9th April. A great sensation, has been' caused by a mysterious murder which was reported to the police last night. Two brothers, named William and Frederick Parker, were proceeding home after a family reunion, ana stopped at an hotel on the way. Afterwards they had a fight outside the 1 hotel, and William knocked. Frederick down and severely kicked him. William, then van away, and Frederick rose from the ground and went off in the opposite direction. Soon afterwards, William staggered back to/ the hotel with a wound in his throat. He was taken to the hospital. In reply to questions put to him by the polace, he refused to say who hail injured him. H© only said that if the police arrested his brother they would be taking the wrong man. He died! a couple of hours later. Frederick disappeared, but in the afternoon he surrendered to the police. His clothes were found to be bloodstained. H© says he was drunk last night. He remembers fighting, but fcregts what followed. He will, bo charged with the murder of his brother.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 85, 10 April 1912, Page 7
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