A MELBOURNE CRIME.
MKt.r.iTKNK, This day. Mrs Sneli. stepdaughter of a man named Lyfield. states that the latter had quarrelled with his wife on Saturday and renewed the row on Tuesday, when she heard groans and sounds of a severe struggle, but she was afraid to go to the assistance of her mother. Next morning looking through the window -he saw what looked like a dead body on the bed. but Lyfield said his wife had gone away. On Thursday, however, the body was found lying 011 the bed covered with bags, but it had disappeared before Saturday. It is believed that Lyfield was suffering from an hallucination that the woman was misconducting herself.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 155, 26 October 1896, Page 3
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114A MELBOURNE CRIME. Hastings Standard, Issue 155, 26 October 1896, Page 3
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