ROADSIDE TRAGEDY
SUILIVAH CHARGED WITH MURDER [Bee United Press Association.! GISBORNE, December 9. John Sullivan, who was arrested at Opotiki Inst week and charged with the murder of Jeremiah Williams, appeared before Mr Hendrys, b.M., this morning. On the application of the police he was remanded till December 16 [It was stated that accused left Opotiki in a taxi with John Sullivan, aged fifty, and travelled two miles past Torere. Williams’s body was found in the scrub two chains past the Spot where the taxi stopped. His head was badly battered. Sullivan had a bottle of whisky in his hand when arrested, and was talking wildly. He is alleged to have said to Drake, the postmaster at Torere: “I’ve killed my mate,” but denied the killing when arrested.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19427, 9 December 1926, Page 5
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ROADSIDE TRAGEDY
Evening Star, Issue 19427, 9 December 1926, Page 5
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