MAN'S BODY FOUND
BULLET WOUND IN TEMPLE ARREST OF A SUSPECT N (Received May 7, IMS p.m.) SYDNEY, .May 7 The body of a man identified as Charles Dawson, formerly a tram driver, was found yesterday hidden in a disused shallow well close to Lake Illawarra on the south coast of Isew South Wales. Dawson had been shot in one temple and a bag had been placed over his head and fastened around his neck with a rope. The police are convinced that the man was murdered. He had lived alone in a one-roomed building and received a pension, but it is known that he posed as a man of means. It is thought that robbery was the motive for the crime. The police discovered a trail of blood leading from the hut to the spot where the body was buried.
The police to-day arrested Francis Henry Maudlin, aged 27, near Bulli, south coast, and charged him with murdering Dawson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22413, 8 May 1936, Page 11
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