GOLDFIELDS MURDERS
REPRIEVE REFUSED. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.! r Aust. and N.Z. Cable AswclaUoaJl PERTH Oct «. A petition from KsJgoorlie and Boulder praying for commutation of the death sentence on Coulter and TreHene has been received by tfio Premier and Trill be considered 'when the case comes finally before the Executive Council. Later, The Executive Councfi decided ndf to reprieve Coulter and Treffene foi, the murder of Detective Walsh and his companion. They vriU be executed on October 25. The two men mentioned were sen* tenced to death for the murder of two detectives who were searching for illicit dealers in gold. The bodies were subsequently found at the bottom of an old mine shaft. C
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3478, 14 October 1926, Page 2
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116GOLDFIELDS MURDERS Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3478, 14 October 1926, Page 2
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