THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
fiie &roof ol Foal Play in the Caho of Weller. Ballet Found la the Heaci. By Telegraph.—Press Ase'Octalldfi. -Cilptfrtghi. toWWI I'ecerf.lier 7,9.45 p.m. . Sidney, Deoenibor 7. ilia Inquest on the jiody of ITeUer, <se of the victims, has Been idjgitrhsd till to-morrow. The medical dfaffiinatiou disclosed a F&ivjr revolver bullet fUttenel agiinst the right side of the skull. It had entered just below the loft ear, and pierced the brain, and death was instantaneous. ... ■ , . The revolver was evidently fired at short range. , . The evidence iu the Extradition Court disclosed no new facts of importance, but ■clearly established, Butler’s connection With Preston hud Weller; And the fidt of his.Chijipifig at Kewoastlo for San Francisco. While at Newcastle he exhibited a 'quantity of jewellery, believed to be Weller’s. His luggage included a revolver and a plentiful supply of ammunition. , • The Court granted waifriints for the arr.Gqt.of Putlot for the murder of Preston hhd vv oner. Received December 8, 1.25 a.m., Sydney, December 7. Detective Eoohe has left, armed with the necessary papers to obtain Butler’s extradition.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2997, 8 December 1896, Page 2
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177THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2997, 8 December 1896, Page 2
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