THE GLEBE MURDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14845, 23 November 1911, Page 7

THE GLEBE MURDER.

A YOUTH ARRESTED. CHARGED .WITH THE CRIME. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— (Received November. 23, -12.30 a.m.) Melbourne, November 22. Acting : under- instructions from the Sydney police, the local detectives have- arrested Campbell Moir, a dentist's assistant, aged 19, and charged him with the murder of Mr. Trevascus, at Glebe. , The detectives learned that a young man answering the published 'description of the suspect had ; applied to a dentist for employment. They;; thereupon went to Essendon, where they discovered Moir living in a furnishd room, with his wife. ? Moir's finger-prints have been taken for comparison with those found in Mr. Trevascus's room. ' -",,,'7

STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. MYSTERIOUS CALLERS. ' Henry Trevascus was murdered at Glebe, Sydney, on or about October 31 last. On that day at about nine a.m., a young man, sft bin in height, of thin build, fair hair and complexion, clean-shaved,: well-dressed, of smart appearance, goodlooking, dressed in a" dark suit of (l clothes, soft shirt, no tie, grey, soft felt hat turned down all round, called at Eldridge's shop on the ground floor of " Trevascus's residence, and asked to see Trevascus. The girl in the shop told him to go up, which he did. About a-quarter-of an hour later ho returned and asked for a piece of brown paper, which she gave him, and he again went upstairs. Shortly after this a heavy thud was heard in the room above, Tre"vascus's room. Soon afterwards the man; returned and asked for a larger piece of paper. It is said that he was then tremb- } | ing, and appeared nervous. iHe' again; went upstairs, or left to do go, | and was not seen afterwards. He had : been, to; see deceased several;.". times before this. Shortly after dusk on •'■ the evening of this date _ Mr. Cecil, a lodger, saw " a notice intimating that': Trevascus, had gone to Goulburn, and would return to r Sydney on Friday. This notice was fastened on the outside of deceased's '■ door. On-Wednesday, November 1, about: 9 a.m., a young woman, speaking with a marked Scotch or £ Irish accent, called to see Trevascus about a key which she said she 'had left in the room on her 'previous visit. v Mrs. Watt, wife of another lodger in the house, answered the knock at the street door. She called out to her husband to see > if Trevascus ' was in. Watt went to his room, saw the notice" on the door and called out to that effect to his wife, who told the visitor. She then left, saying that she would call again. Watt and his wife left the premises on the afternoon of this date, and went to the country. ,On Thursday, November 2. Trevascus's daughter visited his residence, and saw Ihe notice .on the door. !On Saturday. November 4. Miss Trevascus attain visited the house, and procuring a key - opened her father's room and found his dead body. ■