MURDER AND ROBBERY AT EAST COLAC
BODY FOUND IN HEDGE. BLOOD-STAINED FINGEEPEINTS ON FENCE. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright. Received Wednesday, 9.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, April 17. i Tho dead body of Jamos Christensen, aged 55, unmarried, was discovered in a boxthorn hedgo at East Colac. Tho police aro convinced it is a ease of wilful murder. Christensen's head Was badly battered. The victim possessed over £3O before his death and the money was all gone frhen the body was discovered. Detectives found blood-stained fingerprints on a'fence nearby.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6887, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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