THE MELBOURNE MURDER.
PHILLIPS CONFESSES TO THE CRIME. A VICIOUS DEED. (IN /■ IVrtiS Jvv irial ioit.—V<> *»jri<jht.) Melkoi it.vi;, Jan. 20. A sensational development took place to : day in connection with the Brady tragedy. Phillips, in a lengthy statement, confessed to the murder, lie says that lie met Brady by appointment to discius the repayment of embezzled money, and admitted taking a pound. Brady accused him of stealing twenty, and demanded its immediate refund, otherwise * he would placv the matter in the hands of the police. Fearful of being sent to prison Phillips drew a revolver, bought for his brother, and -hot Brady. He then rati to the street door and heard Brady following. Desperate at what he had already douw he returned, and again tired at ■ Brady, who fell in full view of the street, and he dragged him further in. The wounded man was breathing, and Phillips mad with horror, and with apprehension that he wuuld revive cut his throat. The murderer denies that he had any premeditation of the crime up to the time he tired the first .-hot. He had the gn ale-t friendship and admiration for Brady, under whose influence, he alleges, he was led into a victyu,; and extravagant life.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 226, 21 January 1897, Page 3
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206THE MELBOURNE MURDER. Hastings Standard, Issue 226, 21 January 1897, Page 3
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