TIRTSCHKE MURDER CASE.
OPENING OF THE TRIAL.
NEW WITNESS FOR CROWN.
A MIDNIGHT CUSTOMER.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received 11.55 p.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, Feb. 20. The opening of the trial of Colin Campbell Ross on a charge of murdering Alma Tirtschke, a 13-year-old girl, attracted thousands of people. When the doors of the Courthouse opened a wild rush occurred and the Court was quickly packed. Twenty jurors were challenged by Ross and 21 by the Crown. Counsel for the Crown, outlining the case, said that he would attempt to prove that at midnight on the day of the crime a man went to the wine saloon in Eastern Arcade, where Ross supplied him with a bottle of wine on which were what the man believed to be bloodstains. He also noticed stains on Ross's hands.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18021, 21 February 1922, Page 7
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