EXECUTION IN SYDNEY
MURDER OF GEORGE PAPPA
GEORGI.
SYDNEY, 31st May. James Wilson was hanged to-day for the murder of George Pappageorgi. [Wilson wag one of four prisoners who, in October last, made a murderous attack on a warder at Tamworth Gaol and effected an escape. In April of last year a Greek named Pappageorgi, a restaurantkeeper in Sydney, was found murdered on his premises. The case was shrouded in mystery, and no clues were found, Suspicion ultimately rested on Wilson, who pleaded guilty. Wilson was stated to be a member of the I.W.W.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 130, 1 June 1917, Page 8
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