THE GLENBROOK MYSTERY.
THK ON CAPTAIN VVELI.EU. KILLED AT SHORT HANOI:. THE MURDERER'S IDENTITY ESTABLISHED. KAfltidhV ESCAPE OF A WITNESS. (P.f Pf« J ' ...-.I /■!*/.) S.'-.m. D*c. 7. The in'j'.i«-r on \Y» L» r. a \irtii.i <>( the (lien brook till to-morrow. The uuVtical fximmation -howed that a bruy moUtr bulla, which flattened ,it;.ti»-c th- mb: -id" of rh< skull, enteral j-i-c 1.1..w tli" Uft * ;ir ami pierced the brain. <!• a:h b« in.instantantou-. It had •■%i-Icittly b.-en tired at short ramro. The e\ i'lt-ntv in :lu Extradition Court di-<!o-fd no h.-u fact- of importance, hue tl. .1 rly t-uili-h.d Butler's tomiiLtMii wi;i: I*:«-i"ii and Weller, and :hr Uvi of hiat Nf\vca>tlf for San IV: i:ci-co. Whib a: Newc-i-tl" L- iViibtt> -I a tpi:m:i:y of jewellery kit. \sd to K- W. lb r" . His inebidtd a -»\olwr an>l a plentiful supply of amuiunuion. The Court granted a warrant for the arrest of Buth r fur the mm b r o; Preston aiitl Welbr. Detecihe Koch*.' ha- I. ft anmd with the tu.-cvfs7.ry to obmiu Butler'extradition. tltttti-ited lKx.». al 11 .-.111.' Thi- "Liy. The chief witn*<- in the We Her case W Peter Farrrll. a tramp. to wlmin Bntler gave a plan of the camp n-.ir where Weller p»ri-hf-d. Thi- pl.ui iras j,-ivea to eii.ibb- FarreU to u..-: articles of c!orhin-j and pr.x. i-:i>rt-. but Fartt'll, Mmhn-r nothing «i -. ilm--. threw the ilan away, aud it v.,b -Voseqnently found by the police. Had the tramp picked up at.y of Wtili-r'-articles, and Fre-tou'- di-appoartnc" not being di-co*er>d, the man ran a riik of bftn,' arre-ted a- W.-lUr'-murderer, and th-it idea no doubt presented it-elf to Butb r when hi -*.-nt the man on the errand. The air i- thick v. ith rtmur- of other men missed.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 191, 8 December 1896, Page 3
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291THE GLENBROOK MYSTERY. Hastings Standard, Issue 191, 8 December 1896, Page 3
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