THE TREVASCUS MURDER.
MOIR DENIES THE DEED,
SAYS ANOTHER DID IT,
ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
SYDNEY, Dec. ,1, The-coroner sentenced Moir to trial for murdering Trevascus.
Constable Ramsay gave evidence that while Moir was detained in the Melbourne lock-up witness asked him how he got into this trouble.
He replied: "I will tell you in confidence." Moir went on to state that on the Saturday before the murder he met a man named Cordrien and proposed to him to rob Trevascus. On the morning of the murder they visited Trevascus, and Mpir introduced Cordrien. . When Trevascus' back was turned Cordrien hit him on the head with the iron bar, and Trevascus fell to the floor. Moir then went downstairs and borrowed some paper from the girl. He did this as a blind. He left the building and watched till Cordrien came out. • Cordrien gave Moir twenty-five of the fifty pounds he had got from Trevascus. Moir supposed that Cordrien cut Trevascus' throat, but Moir did not see the murdered body. Before their separation Moir and Cordrien agreed that if either were caught the other would not squeal. The police gave evidence that all efforts to trace Moir's alleged accom--I'lice had been fruitless.
THE TREVASCUS MURDER.
Northern Advocate, 2 December 1911, Page 5
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