HORRIBLE MURDER IN VICTORIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8661, 2 September 1891, Page 5

HORRIBLE MURDER IN VICTORIA.

Intelligence has been received from Stratford that a farmer named Joseph Freitog, residing about two miles outside Stratford, was murdered by his nophew, John Roes, to whom he had given a home. Ross hacked his victim about the neck with a knife. • Froitog's wife wont to her husband's assistance, when Rosa stabbed her in the face arid arm. Her injuries are of such a serious nature that she is nob expected to recover. The murderer attempted to gob . into the children's room, but ho was baulked in his efforts. Freitog was a highly respected grazier, and John Ross was in his employ. Mrs. Freitog, in attempted to save her husband, was frightfully stabbed in two or three places on the neck and arms, the weapon being a butcher's knife. The murderer, who is of unsound mind, buried his victim in the garden, where he was digging at the time. Constable Walsh arrested Ross, who pointed out the spot, and, with the assistance of Mr. Kelly, J.P., and Dr. Matthews, unearthed the body, which presented a sickening appearance, the head being nearly severed from the body. In answer to questi6ns, Ross simply said, "I had to do it."