KELLY TRIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 23 May 1923, Page 7

KELLY TRIAL.

ALLEGED MURDER OF WOMAN

BODY THROWN IN YARRA

MX CABLE— PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

Beoeiv<ed May 23, 12.15 : p,m

MELBOURNE, May 23

At the trial of Kelly, evidence was g,iven by Oliver, a prisoner in the Melfcourne gaol, that Kelly, while in gaoh told him .that he got Mrs. -Overall to make a will while under the influence of drink. He then gave hex ft spoonful of arsenate of lead daily .till her death. He cut up the body, buried a portion, and threw the refit into the Yarra. The only mistake he made was that he buried a portion of the clothing..

Another prisoner, Kennedy, gave «vi_ dence that while Kelly was^in gaol he confessed that he had killed Mrs..

Orerall and had disposed of the body.

Kelly, who gave his name as O'Keefej giving evidence on his own behalf, said that Mrs. Overall drank heavily. He said to her that he would find her dead some day, and she replied: "If you do cremate me. .Keep my remains on. .the place and don't tell anyone." When she died he remembered her request. He rolled the body in blankets., turned it and then put the ashes in a bag and dropped it into the Yarra, He denied the alleged conversation with Oliver and Kennedy. The case is unfinished. .Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.