Father, Mother, and Daughter Murdered
FOUND BURIED UNDER MANURE HEAP .FARM EMPLOYEE ARRESTED United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigh l Received Tuesday, 2 a.m. ADELAIDE, Sept. 30. , The bodies of. Hugh Forbes, a farmer, aged 45, his wife, aged 40, and their 16-year-old daughter Joyce were found buried 10 feet below a manure heap at the Forbes’" farm' five “miles from Mount Barker to-day. The family had been missing since Tuesday last. All had been shot with a rifle. Arthur Durrant, aged 22, employed by Forbes, has been arrested on a charge of murdering the trio. • ‘ V' ’’ ' 1 V' ‘
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 231, 1 October 1935, Page 7
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