THE KATOOMBA MURDER.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13859, 20 April 1917, Page 7

THE KATOOMBA MURDER.

ACCUSED'S REMARKABLE , CONFESSION, j"AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE," (l'er' Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) / SYDNEY, April 18. Keith and Lionel Shaw, twinbrothers, have been committed for trial for the murder, of George King at Katoomba on April Ist.' , ' Keith made a remarkable confession. He admitted that lie became possessed of an. overwhelming desire' to obtain King's diamond ring. He described his entering King's room as an absolute pleasure, and said that when dealing him seven or eight blows with a hammer he had 110 more conscience than if lie were serving tennis balls, He secured the ring, which was then buried at the front gate, and went to bed and slept. When arrested lie said that he felt "like a,.person in.twopart&) one, part .quite serious'aiid the if he were at a picture show." ; ■ ■ . •"I don't'seeni a''bit 'put' out over ;tlns,".he;-addkif.-- V , [A shocking. Outrage was., discovered at a bOardinghtyise at ; Katoomba, : in'the Blue Mountains, ,on April Ist. .George 'King, a. prominent Melbourne -co.iinnei'cial traveller,'was found in-bed gagged, with his skull battered, presumably by a hammer. The walls and furniture' were splashed with blood. . Th? brothers Shaw, who are only • nineteen ■ years of age, were arrested in Sydney soon after-, wards.]