WEEKLY WHISPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 June 1907, Page 3

WEEKLY WHISPERS.

.-■■-* _•--." : -Jtiiere's a fiole 'ma*, yfrur coatt, "..■■ ']\Al^redt-yeipiii(yr:::.i^'-\y}.r- : ' : " ■- - '■■ : ':. -.'A chiefs among $i}laMiituUs, - : •'<■ .And, faiti. tell 'fMiittS ■ ':'■:■■ ■'- .■'■.«.■.■■■ ■■"-■■■■."■:'-' 1 .-;--- i '= ■-■^^■■•: : :' .:•. .- — Burns.;"- ; ; Benie gruesome; arid; thrilling details' are available from, the Sydney andMel- .," boniirti :P>P««*-. :iW»t|«>g it) th& w mys- '- ■"■"■ ; terio»w ; murder Vmsiis office i at 'Modem .■■■:' 'if Cn^J^rs^iColUn^streefc. . .Melbourne; of V Barnetgßauer: "a ■' diamond merchant; -'A '-■" . friend! iiamed;Woolff.~ found' Bau«w ly- . ' ing%* S9&V of Blood. oil/the floor. 1 with f hiSißfsiins protruding The unfortunate .; ....-.-. raarifwas not dead. Strychnine was'in- -;■:.: - jetted into his body to revive him after •v, -.- Which He was coriyeyedXto the Mel- ; bourne ;^..; Hospital. There'it-.was found -■;,;;.. that he was .in a precarious, condition. t=; r v- va P« / ™i» > sirychiilne::lßel.;!to-'lm-iniected:. " but he diedv.sqbn ■afteriadmission tothe _ ; '• ;_ hospital, ; without regained con- ~; - scionshass. ;. :^.-.iv^ ; i:X':L'^ "'.■'",; - ; Tight ear was a^ triaiigtolari; cntjj-aiid » nndcr »it . » dev ■-■ _ pr^wd.riracttire^of .-the' .skull._ • .There ; were..'jJso;6ther:;ci9ts -all" rounds the, back v. ; "■ 'p^iheiKeadj's.aiid' depressed' Iractures,- ■".- .wMch Bad.eyideritly heeii caused-; by, i aMnrt^aarpimsteumeritr-.; The; doctors 'i^sMted; that 'the 'wounds -could not have ■ ft l^-been-EelfrinflJcted.': ; u The ! ■■.'. detectives r ;lpnndy;that. there: was .rib-' evidence' of L injured .man's office; -%-:4 i \'?Pf n;bo P^ wa3 oh^fiis::de6)f,; ; i ; -.;:: : ; •»» no had evidently- been sittihg""ddwri -'■ ■readirijfvit. with his lrack v toiJtheidobr; - wbenfhefwjis struckivfrom^behind. v He'; -'. had^ Men Jnjthc habit pif cariying large ■■; : -numbers 'of -precious "stones Vabbut; with • ; . : him j ■;.• and : it is thoaght thatt> these ' may .'• : -.y .have been tha object .for the : attack. ; : r V ''":j: : '?;X« ■■:«:';ty-«^'« I v;»v-.-;- .':.-.: /j'^Me^iteai'i'iinciisinesi^haß --ifeen.cans-'---r-'; ed.-by, the..fact. "that ; a^citizen ; Has' been .-"■::;vM«q?wa ; :»n-^he i ;'iirihcipa' ! BtrMt- : <if-:the : • ; : ;cityr : a& : s_^.clock in-the' afternoon, ::wh€n ■ : .f .. s dozens "of people were in the^same build-* ; ing. ■ ;Nd : one -in the building "saw anv ■••;:■ M»|»ciorttS ■person airive, nor did anyc ' ,one notice , any circumstance : out of thf 1:% ordinary. ;?^Apparently •: <t the 'murderer ".i crept: -to -his victim's- door; which; being ;- open^ disclosed Afr Bauer seated' at a wble wading, with his r back to ithe e'iltfa.nce.: „He :appears ; to h^ve been .. ■■ struck dqwii with ipme/ieavy^^ instru-' fiient, .'and/ the7 assailant, with";gri'ajivfe- , cocityi'.appears to; have bea^ten-the back" 5 -^ of;;the;:J|ieadvto ';■» -^ pulp_ : ;, witH'-'sucjgssivt ; ; ;V; blows; -'-i 'a The^ieam^tio'ntii^ide'-j^ui'.-'thV ..'-. hospital, showed .half if'racture.F - .: : ofjthe skull; .\ahd- "althpugh -Bauer wal .-: all ve,v>lrat -unconscious when ' discover; : _«d; : his \ recovery 'was Hopeless from the -first. . '' '.'..■■-r-'"-.'lV. •■:?■:'-••'■.• '■•'•:•• : ', -Having. .^completed his awful task. ■ tbe'mnrderer apparently closed' th» door - andj disappeared,.^' Theroccupant of the' neitSSfficeifti-Bauefrwas' working there aU"the^afWrno;on^'bß(^te;: heard no ciry v oi: sbund' of ;:the?'strug'gl§:g;T.weiity-five ■'•:•"' feet r away; was .. the^.'bft-welljf'i ins which . '-' two eiges aja'conslahyy^iiaijnlng, THe v liftniah ieard. nothing;?-ssaw-v nothinf - >,other..thau:thß brdina^.jjpasseHgers com- >; -:ing_' and [ goingi; . .; The s;(Sifetaker; :"whc; ' :; : was" about 'aU- the tunej^made a similar ; i'^ : .'»^rtv-'-':^o"y : oidy-Vl^^"-'fa^ : :*asi;ihi? ; -•murdefi itself .' XHow;itTwas ;'cqmp;asSdi: : ; -: 6y:i'whom;/';^he'n,V"'aad : where-h^ ' ■-; .-'trton^and went* toy:;afe .-"details' shro^idea : .'■ /in^inystery^--^;".^ ■>;■; _ • j-^'v^jjvsv;;- --- - : '.'*^i:-'£*i +:**-•:.•'*: •-•■*:': •:-.-'-.y.-^-; ■:' : ; B^uer; waf "a;:sihgle'inan; ; and 55-years . . of'." : B^^>.lfc'!.i£ : 'i!nbwn'i i iA'rmany.' jewdlery merchants -of 'Melbourne^ that ; he usual-' - -ly. carried. a larger-stock of^geins '.than ...', anyoiie else, in tbe trade in ; the i : Com^ : ; e mon wealth. ..•/■■ .As a . rula;; he -had: upon* : ; .bjlin. every ; day. £10,000 Jwqrtt; of jew- .-;- «Uery ) and: precious ' storie£v."'This' v va-'"i;-vjiiabl,e.^freight ie i .carried /itfiatsmjjl.; bag ' ; . -Id; iis'-tcea^ti ' pocket;:; -xHejpliceov it at . . : ';. ftigat ; gn' i tfieyNatioriaii.":Ba%i: ;- :■'.: S hould ;. -lie tKe^Dstgi<no^proyey to bevlpekedyh : : tHe'-: .J\.;iran^saf«^^-,:6w''~-'jasoe^o^;bAve'Vljeen' - ' . depbsiteol.jtc^'the;bank;Viaere;*is -no ; do.abt .'■'- that ..it\!aii4v^'r.'ra%tsn&AiweTeitbe; : '.bb>'. ■■ iects of HhV'crM^'v': palMarcHng'tue '•' body six;sovereignsy'"a> : "senny:-^an_d a cheque; besides. * :^^ nunilJersK of v private v. 'papers arid ■ a.; pocKet-book, ,were fouhdi ..- _.:;._ .. ;|.»'.--;.,»t VJ» : -; ; .^v. ■'-. - Oncer : again ''Mbf£"'^wishes"; : to draw : attention, toi. .theXisJipsawr)^ - manner /in Vnicfi-; t!rfericne^iMt''.,j;"icr6ss footpaths |9f:gas pr^water-SipiMJTnaye' .lfeen re- ; filled: - a f^w' instances Haa. tS^aspfialt.; ,beeri;:restoredj r ; ,'anA as'.'; a; . consequence .ttie^gravel .with'^clay ;tqpBing.ifl^ a ; smiefchy gnt '■" joyef or into: wh'jih yie pedestrian Jnas,to. / step. : K is ;"i JitVthan a'little foresight' and firm- --'■ nessjiaye. not been exercised '-in ';;: the : past" 't(J: ; preyenft . the " city- fbeing : ; thus - -■ ' disfigured. '■ :/ ?'? ■- ."S .?"' "': '" : :'." : '- : v .' . '■■. K- piej»,.of-: moderately cpol ; cheek is ; : reported ■^frpm'.oneypf -the. ' ' districta iin •A : .the^neM^neighbourhoodV^ .^ ;Nelson. ; '•j^He'"' saw"; themV ''and ; saidihe did riot ■:y-> ; iidnd;ilratJifii^::'ffiq!Md'';MTO;';Mtod;','aiio' • I ':vfiiist*--S.'-tt^J^tfclVcys''ca«^inGKtpwp, 1 ; v-w^"'Ji^v^^.'-\eßta]b'BßtoffliV.;:;'':>?kere- . thelani^oiinieris employed, ;aM'offej- ■ I^HioVjwUAiiizi^a-ihaie.^ib^-' Had 'shot' on : Bis'ipFdperty ! ;■ '"He;was: not'- angry;! :•'■ obiuimF i-K^m^: ■■ .-: '■■■■ - ■ •■--■■■";>v"*''- v -- # ' ; .': ;: f 'r-'^'-^f^-- A'.^' ; '^. ; ; -•■'■■ - There;;has^beeh sbfe;ta)k^ "making" , '"■■'': the fence 'of_th& Botanic Hesefve dog ; arid ':.' small .boy;2proof/ ; 'and '- Jetting"; the; v' ; - grpnndr; f pr>: the- dipastinririg of . sheep. -.-^■-lr6w-'-'tMfcEn>i** ; -wa> tried before, obv ; -; ; jectedX^l^n^gocd '.and ■ -' . shelyedrA^Not :rr<jnly . . - did^ - the sheep •.' "snielt- ! Higb ! ?-iii ; "tHe summer, -wafting. : fhiix^^reasy- perfume oyer" hundreds of p^;;]^'.._'lie/'pVtbi/ari4"'se B '^'.ii>P' : ' :: ! tn e; ' V SHg-Zag' ; were ■ reridefed 4snnply-.- lmpos- : sible. . ; t Then ' the' daily row bt mus-; : -^'tera^-'jm4- i 4"''™B'''? se •:'*?•'^■''^* >^'^'' ■Jt Md: to/a "neighbourhood -essentially .; fesi-; :^denUali">ind. local dog : owners : feared . :. : -■' for"' their canine- pets", who* could'-, not -be i kept out-of the Eeserve>. A '•few:': sheep^iiow'and then .to; eat down -'-'■':'• thi 'grass "nb^^ one "objecte to: ' But any probosal"ip : convert '••' the "'. : ; place into' a sheep -xto W ra»i rnt-h steady oppoMtionir not'oiuy from residents in tne vicinity, but afeb from all those who frequent the people's pleasure ground. MOFUSSILITE