MELBOURNE MURDER

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1926, Page 5

MELBOURNE MURDER

GIRL’S THROAT CUT.

YARRA BANK CRIME.

(Australian & N.Z. Gable Assn.) (By Cable —Press Assn.—Copyright.)

MELBOURNE, December 3.

The mutilated body of Emma Hill, aged seventeen, was ■ foilnd by the police on the bank of tile river Yarra.

The discovei-y was filadti its the result of the sfateinfehts of Geo. Devitt, aged 27, wiidiii the early hours Of the morning, hailed a taxi Cab itiid told the driver lie wanted to be driven to the police station. Devitffs throat was cut, and he was covered with blood. When he arrived at the station he told the police that he had left the girl dead near the river, after cutting her throat, and then cutting his own. After several hours’ search the police found the girl’s body. There were evidences of a desperate struggle, and an examination revealed that, even after the girl's throat had been hacked, she had been subjected to outrageous treatment.

The girl had been in* the habit of going out with Devitt, blit had lately told him she did not want to go with him again. After this repulse, Devitt (who is in the hospital and is guarded by police) became moody, and wrote to the girl arranging a meeting last night. SHIP’S OFFICERS KILLED. LISBON, December 3. It is reported that the crew of the British steamer moored in the Tagus mutinied. The master and mate were killed. The police have boarded the vessel. AN AUCKLAND MYSTERY. (Per Press Association ) AUCKLAND, December 3. The decomposed body of a man was found to-day in an old gum field about four miles beyond Milford, between the East Coast road and Albany. Ar receipt with the name “Hewitt” dated July 24 last, was found in the clothing. Beside the body was a double-bar-relled 12. bore gun of Belgian make. One barrel had been discharged, and the other contained a cartridge, the trigger being full-cock. The man’s head was badly mutilated. l