THE BUTLER CASE.
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Syi>m;y, This day. \\ hilo some shipmasters agree with tilt! police view of boarding the Swan llilda, others consider it was the duty of Captain Mcßeth, of tbe Taupo, which trades to the islands, on sighting the Swan Hilda, and who was cognisant of the allegation that the human tiger was on board, in the interest not only of justice but of the lives of those who were unsuspectingly meeting with such a man, to spare no trouble to put the captain on his guard. Indeed, it was little short of a crime to have passed such a ship while knowing of the crew's peril. From the ship's position she is evidently making for San Francisco through the islands instead of the high latitudes, a course that would suit the murderer if he desired to escape before reaching 'Frisco.
A rumor is current that Butler induced five men of the Swan Hilda's present crew to join him in Newcastle, with, perhaps, the intention of seizing the ship.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 206, 28 December 1896, Page 3
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172THE BUTLER CASE. Hastings Standard, Issue 206, 28 December 1896, Page 3
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