A SUBMARINE MURDER.
BRITISH CAPTAIN'S FATE. A. and X.Z. LONDON, Ann! '27. The Probate Court has presumed tindeath of Captain Owen, commander el the steamer Windsor Hall, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean in 1918. When the crew took to the boats the submarine 'jommander demanded the captain, who was taken prisoner, Captain Owen has not been heard of since. Inquiries in Berlin and Vienna led to- re plies that no record of the torpedoing of the Windsor Hall was available. Counsel remarked that is was no! likely that there would be any record if Captain Owen were taken aboard and disposed o-f. The Judge remarked : The submission then is that Captain Owen was mur-de-ed 7 Counsel : It cannot be doubled.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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121A SUBMARINE MURDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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