NEW SOUTH WALES LAND SCANDALS.

Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 4141, 28 April 1909, Page 5

NEW SOUTH WALES LAND SCANDALS.

e* A MYSTERIOUS CASE. WILLIS STABBED.

Sydney, April 27. W. N. Willis, a leading figure in the late land scandals, was found stabbed in the scrub near Randwick at about midnight. The affair only leaked out this afternoon. Willis was alive, but unconscious, and had two wounds in the left breast. Clark, who is trainer for Willis, states that he was at his cottage last night, and left there late, in cheerful spirits. Willis was found by a stable hand, and conveyed to the cottage. Foul play wis not suspected by those at the cottage. Medical aid was not considered necessary till later, when Willis became delirious. Then it was discovered that he had been stabbed. The affair is mysterious. Willib was to have appeared in court to-day in connection with a case in which a man named Daly was charged with attempting to extort money from Willis. The judge ordered Willis to show cause for failing to appear on his subpoena. Later on the news of the tragedy leaked out. A LAWYER THREATENED.

(Received 28, 11.0 a.m.) Sydney, April 28. In connection with the Willis mystery, a well-known lawyer, engaged in the defence of Daley in an alleged extortion case, received an anonymous threatening letter, and amongst warnings it stated there was a strong push against him. The lawyer ignored the letter.