THE MILLGROVE MURDER

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1923, Page 3

THE MILLGROVE MURDER

ANOTHER WOMAN I t|SA ITEA RS. j j KEI |.Y COMMITTED I'Oli TRIAL. | A USTR A MAN AND X.Z. CAIII.E ASso. lATIOX*. ] (Received this day at 12.2. T p.m.) j M El, BOURNE. April 12. David Kdly. alias O K, el',*, wa- frinmit ted for l rial on a charge oi murdering Mrs Overall at Mdlgrove. near Wat-hurt oi. in June last year. Tim | woman <li-appeal e,I -ull ■I * *»11 > and in-; qilirles |,*,| I'l tlie arrest .if IGdly .*. no. wlp Ie under del <*n tn m. load*' a con t ,*s ■-inn which the police produced m evi lienee. According to this Kelly wa~ hoarding with Overall and arranged to pay her L'2 weekly lot' li.t* as the value of her property. La.tei the wo-, man fell ill ami Kelly arranged to send j her to t lie lio-pi l ill, lull Ie ! nl'e this I could I e done she died. Kelly, accord- | ing to hi~ confession, thereupon L<‘- J cairn* t t ightened ami burned t lie body ! in a paddock and t litvw the ashes in ; the river Yarra. lle informed inquir- j ct's that he had bought the properly j for flb.li and that the woman had; gone away, hut In* knew not wlter?. When lir .t ititerrogal.'d hv the | polio* Kelly told them that lu* got no j receipt for the purchase, hut later he ; produced two for L'oOlt each, signed hr j Mrs Overall, hut he subsequent ly j stated that he had lorged Mr- Over- j all's .signature. Tin* nuliee I'oiind pieces ol charred hone in the river, also traces where the h :d\ was allegedly hunted. The ! police al so lend,-red further evidence j that Kelly, under the mum.' of O'Keefe, j lived with a woman minted Mary j MiGraih. in the Lae,'lnis Ma.Mt'h di~- J triet, prior to boarding with .Mrs Over-| all. Mary .McGrath suddenly disappeared ami has not since been hear,l of. Whan questioned regarding .McGrath, KelL. >aid : • You don't want to rake that up against me nmv." A brilliant and lasting polish,that's what "TAN-OI.” gives to your furniture. Ilo.irs. and leather go,"!"Unequalled lor tan -ii'-,*-.