MURDER AT SEA.
Tale Of A Tragedy.
Per Press Association—Copyright. Pbbth, Yesterday. Two of the coloured crew of the steamer Charon are charged i with inurderiDg a Chinese stowaway be, tween Singapore and Freemantle, Thsj deceased's brother gave evidence that he and others paid large soms to the two accused for stowing them away.' The accused kept , them three days without food and afterward* the da. ceased was nailed up in a box. Whtn opened two days after the accused alleged that the man was dead and that they threw the body overboard. Witness alleged that he was alive when thrown out. The accused threatened to kill him if ho interfered or said anything.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 403, 30 May 1905, Page 2
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114MURDER AT SEA. Manawatu Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 403, 30 May 1905, Page 2
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