CONFESSION OF MURDER.
Sydney, May 7. Some time ago a passenger on voyage from New Zealand lost his portmanteau, and a man named Hareford, arrested for vagrancy, was found wearing an article bearing the passenger's name. This led to the recovery of the goods. The same prisoner was accused of a similar charge at Newcastle, and was sent there for identification. On the return journey he attempted to escape from the train after murderously assaulting a warder with a decanter. Hareford, who is confined m Darlinghurst gaol, has confessed that he murdered an unknown man while working m the bush m the Wairarapa district by shooting him. The murder took place five years ago, and it is believed another man is serving sentence for it. From enqairies instituted by the polioe they think Hareford's confession authentic. Wellington, May 7. Tho police investigated the oonfession reported m the Sydney oable to-day, and declare there is no foundation that a murder was committed. ■
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 105, 8 May 1896, Page 2
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