A CONFESSION.
THE MOUAT MURDER
BROTHER ADMITS CRIME
8Y CAKJiB—PBK.SS A.SKoOIAHON—UOPXBIGU'J MELBOURNE, Aug. 27. . There has been a startling development in the case concerning the death of Archie Mouat, aged 9? years, whose body, shockingly mutilated, was found in a creek. To-night Ivan Mouat, aged 14, confessed to the police that he murdered his brother Archie.
He stated that when they reached the creek where the body was found Archie suggested a sw’im, but Ivan said it was too cold. Archie stripped and entered the water, while Ivan stood on the bank. ‘When Archie swam near him Ivan struck him on the head with a stick, and he sank. When he rose Ivan struck him again, and this time he did not ri&e. He then dragged the body from the water and mutilated it with a table knife, which he was carrying to cut gum tips. He then threw’ the body hack into the water. He told the police that he had no quarrel with his brother and no provocation. The only excuse he gave w r as that the night before, while at the pictures, a boy stuck a pin into him, and he suffered such agony from the wound that he was not responsible for his actions.
Ivan has been arrested on a charge of murder.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 August 1924, Page 5
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218A CONFESSION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 August 1924, Page 5
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