AN OUTBACK TRAGEDY.

Feilding Star, 23 December 1908, Page 3

AN OUTBACK TRAGEDY.

RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD. j

EVIDENCE AGAINST A MATE. [BY ____EC_RIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.] IPRB PRBBS ASSOCIATION.] (Received Deoember 23, 9.45 a.m.) Sydney, December 23. The body of a man was found in the Namoi river at Wee Waa with the brake-block of a waggon attached. There was a ghastly wound on the man's head. The body has been identified as that ol a travelling saddler named Johnston, who, with a companion —a youth of 18 years—passed through Wee Waa on a two-horse wagonette at the end of last month. Subsequently, Johnston's companion returned alone, sold the turnout, and then disappeared. Yesterday the suspect was arrested. Meantime, the police visited the camp, seven miles up the river, and found a quantity of Johnston's belongings and two beds. Some leaves under the head pf one of the beds were saturated with blood. A recent fresh in the river carried the body to where it was found.