A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Coypright
SYDNEY, February 4.
The death of a butcher named Latham, at Richmond, who was found by an employe named Elliott with his throat cut, is shrouded in mystery, but the police to-day arrested Elliott on suspicion. A letter written to Latham by Elliott's wife was found, and the presumption is that the prisoner committed the crime through jealousy. MELBOURNE, February 5. (Received February 5, at 9.52 a.m.) Further developments in the Latham case show iaat Mrs Elliott had confessed to her husband to being unduly intimate with Latham. She assisted her husband to lay a trap to blackmail Latham. Elliott admits that bis wife's story is correct, but denies that he had any hand in Latham's death. The original assumption that Latham committed suicide is again being incepted.
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Evening Star, Issue 11674, 5 February 1902, Page 6
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134A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. Evening Star, Issue 11674, 5 February 1902, Page 6
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