CEMETERY SCANDAL
SHOCKING DISCLOSURES
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' (Rec. 11.10 a.m.) ... ..-:.:» HOBART,,. This Day. v In, connection with the Queenborough Cemetery scandal, S. Lttckma-n was fined £5 for iremovirig a body from a grave Decision was. reserved in a. second charge- pf a similar nature. In the latter - case Geo. Young-, a- grave- "; digger, gave evidence that Luckhian instructed nim to remove,two bodies, as>"they were only Quakers?' . Luclcjnan,' also, repeatedly said : "Know nothing, see nothing? "nothing." Witness cut through many m. order to pake-graves deiep enough. A His wife heaped to.,carry the coffins because Lucknian Would, not assist. '»
Inspector Wadsworth; gave . evidence that-hej had seen' a 'coffin-, bearing. signs of haying been burned, arid other's on a rubbish Ijjpap. One grave was op sued which, contained three coffins instead of. fiv.ey- '._ ; '■■" ••' .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 January 1913, Page 5
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CEMETERY SCANDAL
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 January 1913, Page 5
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