GRIM DISCOVERY
SKELETON AND BUSTY PISTOD.
With a rusty pistol at -bis side and a bullet hole in bis right temple the skeleton of a iniui of' about 40 was found in a cave in the heart- of Warleigli Woods near Bath. No clothing was found but there were some coins, the latest bearing the -date 1907, a pencil, a isi'lver watch. a candle, and a box of matches. The discovery was made by two Post Office workmen who were laying a cable. On seeing t-lie narrow entrance to the cave the men decided to- crawl inside w ith a flash-light, and they slid down some distance before they landed; in the vault of the cave. Suddenly the beam of the torch revealed the skeleton. They' scrambled out and notified the police, .j.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 January 1931, Page 8
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133GRIM DISCOVERY Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 January 1931, Page 8
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