MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
DEATH OF A METALLURGIST.
HOW DISCOVERY WAS DE* LAYED. (Press Automation.—By Telegraph.Copyright). Reoeived November 5, 11 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. A myster/ous murder has been committed at Glebe. The body of Henry Trevascus, a metallurgist, was found in his room in a lodging house with his nead battered in with a heavy implement aud the face, liea.l ana throat slashed With a razor.
It is believed that he had been dead since Tuesday of Welnssday. Nobody had entered the room, whioh waslosked, until his daughter called jesterdav night.
The door was thou forced and the bgdy discovered, The police ate withont a clue to the assailant, but it is suspected that robbery was the motive,
Pinned to Trevascus's door was a memorandum stating that he had gone to Goulbourn and would return on Friday. Thig accounts for the late dieooveiy of the crime.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1455, 6 November 1911, Page 5
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