VICTORIAN MYSTERY
PARTLY SOLVED
TRUCK FOUND, NO SIGN OF
DRIVER
MELBOURNE, November 2,
The mystery of the transport truck which disappeared, with its driver, about October 16 from one of the main Victorian country thoroughfares, was partly solved today by the accidental discovery of the missing vehicle secreted in d,ense scrub in the King Lake hills district, about thirty-six miles north-east of Melbourne.
The 'wool portion of its load, valued at £300, had gone. The remainder of the load, consisting of skins, barrels of tallow, and two cases of soft drinks, was intact.
The complete original load was valued at about £700.
Both cabin doors were open. One side of the bonnet was lifted, the front seat was on the ground, and nearby lay a tarpaulin, a man's hat, and sandshoes, but there was no sign of the driver, Dempsey, and nothing to indicate his whereabouts. It was impossible to see the truck twenty yards off the main
-ad. Detectives were quickly on the scene and discovered another dismantled truck a short distance away. Apparently it had been there for some time, but there was no evidence of a struggle.
A careful search near Dempsey's undamaged truck revealed, in addition to a battered felt hat, a pair of torn trousers, a black berrt, and two leather gauntlets, possibly the property of the missing driver.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1937, Page 9
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