ROBBED AND MURDERED.
[press association.]
Sydney, January 28. John Stapleton, a miner, and a new arrival in the colony, was found dead yesterday on the road near the Hillgrove mine, about 313 miles north of Sydney. When picked up it was seen that his throat was cut, and he had also received several scalp wounds —in fact, the base of the skull had been fractured. The watch which he was known to have worn when last seen is missing, and it is supposed that Stapleton was murdered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8963, 30 January 1888, Page 5
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