A TRAGEDY OF THE WESTRALIAN BUSH.
DOUBLE MURDER BY A MAD ,MAi\. TERRIBLE WOUNDS WITH AN AXE. Pit Ess Association.— Coi-xright. (Ree. 9.30 a.m.) PERTH, Friday. A tragedy has been enacted at Übina, near Ooolgardie. An Italian limber getter named Moffatti was found wandering in the bush in a demented condition. He stated that he had killed two companions—a fel_ low countryman named 'Vauui, and a German wlios name is unknown. A visit to the man's camp discovered Vanni and the German dead with terrible wounds, apparently made with an axe. Moffatti was very violent and he ha°. been arrested.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 23 June 1911, Page 5
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100A TRAGEDY OF THE WESTRALIAN BUSH. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 23 June 1911, Page 5
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