THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
THE PURSUIT OF BUTLER. [Peb Press Association.] : SYDNEY, Dec. 28. While some shipmasters agree with the police view of hoarding the Swanhilda, others consider that it was the duty of Captain M’Beth, of the Tanpo, which trades to the islands, on sighting the Swanhilda, and who was cognisant of the allegation that the human tiger was on board, in the interest not only of justice but of the lives of those who may unsuspectingly meet with such a man, to spare no trouble to put the captain on his 1 guard. Indeed, it would have been little short of crime to have passed such a ship while knowing of the crew’s peril. From the ship’s position she is evidently making for San Francisco through the islands instead of high latitudes, a course that would suit the murderer if. lie. desired to escape, before reaching San Francisco.
A rumour is current that Butler induced five men of the Swanhilda’s present crew to join him in Newcastle, with, perhaps, the intention of seizing the ship.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11152, 29 December 1896, Page 5
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176THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11152, 29 December 1896, Page 5
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