QUARRY WORKER KILLED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18585, 18 December 1923, Page 11

QUARRY WORKER KILLED.

BODY HIDDEN IN BUSH. TWO COMPANIONS ARRESTED [from otto own correspondent.] SYDNEY, Deo. 6. A telegram from Wollonpong (N.S.W.), states that the body of George Thomas Simpson, 51, single, employed at the Federal metal quarry, Minnamurra, has been found in a clump of bushes a short distance from "Duninore," the residence of the Premier, Sir George Fuller. The police believe that the man was murdered, and Sydney detectives, who went to the locality, . have already arrested two men in connection with the affair. r

At 5 a.m. on Sunday, Mr. G. A. Marsden, a news agent, while on his way to the railway station, passed "Dunmore," where he noticed a trail of blood near the stone gateway leading to the house. He followed this for some distance, and then came across the body of Simpson, which was in a sitting position 'behind a small bush. Mr. Marsden at once communicated with the Ifiama police, and the Wollongong station was also advised, with the result that, several men were quickly on the scene. Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Beath, who viewed the body, stated the man could have lived only a few seconds after the gash in his throat had been inflicted, and that ho had been dead for about 12 hours.

Inquiries led the police to interview two men, AlfrecTFinaes, single, and William Murray, married, both quarry workers. They were alleged to have been in the company of deceased in Minnamurra the previous night, and both were subsequently arrested and taken to Kiama.. Later the detectives secured a statement from the men. An examination of' the locality showed that the body had been dragged froiy the main road to the place in which it was found, but there were no signs of a struggle. A little while ago, it was alleged, deceased placed an advertisement in the local paper, threatening action against siny person maligning him.