THE OLENBROOK MURDERS.

Evening Star, Issue 10182, 8 December 1896, Page 2

THE OLENBROOK MURDERS.

[Per Press Association.]

SYDNEY, December 7.

The inquest on Weller, one of those murdered near Glenbrook, has been adjourned till to-morrow. The medical examination disclosed a heavy revolver bullet flattened against the right side of the skull. It entered just below the left ear and pierced the brain. Death must have been instantaneous. The bullet was evidently fired at a short range. The evidence in the Extradition Court disclosed no new facts of importance, but clearly established Butler’s connection with Preston and Weller, and the fact of bis shipping at Newcastle for San Francisco. While at Newcastle he exhibited a quantity of jewellery, believed to bo Weller’s. His luggage included a revolver and a plentiful supply of ammunition. The Court granted a warrant for the arrest of Butler for the murder of Preston and Weller.

Detective Roche has left for England armed with the necessary papers to obtain Butler’s extradition.

December 8,

The chief witness in the Weller case is Peter Farrell, a tramp, to whom Butler gave a plan of the camp near wdiere Weller perished. This plan was given to enable Farrell to got articles of clothing and provisions; but Farrell, finding nothing of value, throw' the plan away, and it was subsequently found by the police. Had the tramp picked up any of Weller’s belonging's, and Preston’s disappearance not been discovered, the man would have run a risk of being arrested as Weller’s murderer, and that idea no doubt presented itself to Butler when he sent the man on the errand. The air is thick with rumors of other men being missing.