RIVER YARRA MURDER.
DING PLACE OF THE BODY.
REVEALED AFTER QUARREL. A. and N.Z,. MELBOURNE. ' Feb. 5. The police made the discovery of Bertha Coughlan'fl burial place in a gully near the River Yarra, as.the result of a statement supplied by Frank Bonfiglio, former husband of Hannah Mitchell,* alias Bonfiglio, in December last, when he was in hospital suffering from a gunshot wound alleged to have, been inflicted by Hannah Mitchell during a quarrel. The police also obtained evidence that the body was taken to the gully by Bonfiglio and the three accused women. They obtained a statement from Margaret Milward, admitting that she assisted in removing the body. ■
Three women, Hannah Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, and Margaret. Milward, were arrested following the discovery of Bertha Coughlan's body. Hannah Mitchell* is charged with having murdered, in November, Bertha Coughlan, and the other two are charged with being accessories after the fact. ,"'..-. ~.'.''•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 7
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