ABORIGINAL ARRESTED
WANTED ON MURDER CHARGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, SYDNEY, January 7. The aboriginal who was wanted in connection with the killing of Robert Burns at Brewarrina on December 29 lias been captured by tho police and black trackers, who had boon searching for him since tho discovery of the boy’s body. [A message received on December 29 stated: The semi-naked body of a half-caste hoy named Robert Burns, eight years of age, was found floating inTthe* river Brewarrina with the head badly battered. Tho hoy was last seen in company with an aboriginal, who has since taken to the bush. _ A_ large posse of mounted police and civilians is searching for him.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19142, 8 January 1926, Page 5
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113ABORIGINAL ARRESTED Evening Star, Issue 19142, 8 January 1926, Page 5
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