CHARGED WITH MURDER
j (DNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPXKIGHT.) -■■■■,' SYDNEY, '4th June. An inquest on Mona Beacher. the vici tim of the Toronto tragedy, has comj menced at Newcastle. A"nugo cioiyd, mostly women, violently struggled 'to gain admittance to the 'Court. Oakes was present in custody. Tho medical evidence showed that the girl was in ;i certain condition, and died as Che result of concussion, .perhaps hastened by hemorrhage..- The po'ice produced 'a statement alleged to have, been made by Oakes at the police station after.his arrest.--in which it wasalleged rMhe said ha bad ' knocked about" with her. She told him of her condition, and they agreed to 'get married. . After the ceremony they wentto Toronto, where ho murdered her in her sleep with a razor and hammer. He then'detailed how'lie tried to obliterate traces of the crime. Ho added that he-took train to Sydney, sent a- telegram to Mona Beaeher's parents and then returned home. He did this as he knew he had done wrong, and did not want to bo found out. At the conclusion of the inquest Oakes was committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 7
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CHARGED WITH MURDER
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 7
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