THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
WORKING UP THE CASE. THE BODY SUPPOSED TO BE THAT 0E BURGESS. (l\r Pr'-'-.s' As!giiciiiti<i)i.—C"jii/rii//it.) Sydney, -Jan. 28. The police are actively working np the Butler-Burgess murder. On August 18th, Burgess, who had utTsisjged to go with Butler, went to a livery stable in Sydney alone, .aid told the groom he did not want the man who had been with him the last few days, as he knew where he was going. Immediately after Burgess left the stable, Butler turned up, and the groom said his mate had gone without him. Butler replied, " I'm after him ; he's too good to leave." A roadmaintenance man, near Merranburn, saw Burgess digging a hole, aboutAugust 2(sth, in a lonely place, with Butler directing the proceedings. The roadman's appearance on the scene evidently prevented the murder being committed at- this spot. Four days later, however, a man named Evans caiac upon Butler in his camp alone. The latter was very confused, and it is presumed the murder v. as committed that morning, Butler and his mate having walked two miles to the fateful spot. Butler's cap, similar to the one. he wore in Sydney, was found on Burgess's body.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 228, 23 January 1897, Page 3
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198THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. Hastings Standard, Issue 228, 23 January 1897, Page 3
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