TRUCK MYSTERY
ANOTHER ARItEST. [ Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] MELBOURNE, November 28. Two men have been arrested and charged with the murder of John Thomas Demsey, truck driver, whose ody, which was found buried at Kinglake West on November 2.
The arrested men are Roy McFarlane, 32, Newmarket; and Francis O’Keeffe, 37, North Melbourne. O’Keeffe was arrested in bed at mid.night on Saturday. McFarlane was detained at Beaufort, 100 miles from Melbourne. The arr.ests followed the most intense and widespread investigation in the history of the Victorian police. Demsey was driving a truck carrying wool valued at £3OO from Bendigo to Melbourne on October 11, when he disappeared. There was no further news of him or the truck till the truck was accidentally found by picnickers hidden in dense bush at Kinglake West, 42 miles from Melbourne on November 1.
On the following day tne body was found buried in a sack near the truck. Police investigations were made in nearly every part of the State in the endeavour to trace the stolen wool. TRUCK MURDER CHARGE. (Received November 29, 11 p.m.) MELBOURNE, November 29. O’Keefe and McFarland, who were arrested at the week-end, were charged with murdering Demsey (not Dempesy). They were remanded until December 7. without bail.
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Grey River Argus, 30 November 1937, Page 6
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