BIZARRE CRIME

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 9 October 1931, Page 5

BIZARRE CRIME

AMKUICAX IX IHET-AXD (Aust and N.Z. CabU) Belfast. Oet. 7 Guarded by constables armed willi revolvers. Ed war.*l Cullens, - 0 »1. an Ameriean, appeared in Court at Car* riekfergus, Co. Antrim. charged with the murder of Alimed Musa, a 'lurk, ami attendant of Zaro Agha, “the oldest man in the world/* The prosecution, outlining the bizarre crime, said that Zaro A'gha. Musa, Cullens and Assim He Ivan, formed a syndicate to exploit Zaro Agha. 'lTict joined an English oirCnllenn was dissatisfied with his position as odd job man. seeing that the others were paid a salary. He projmsod to Musa t<> tour Ireland and borrowed Redvnn's saloon car: Musa iassessed £<>7 and borrowed another £.*W> from Red van: They pieked up two girls. who saw Cullens in possession of a bathing cap which later covered the wounds in Musa’s head. Cullens, who was short of money, told the girls that Musa had plenty, but was miserly. When Cullens was arrested, he possessed a revolver cartridge ease of the same calibre as the weapon with which Musa was shot. Cullens was remanded.