THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
Bn Telegraph.— Pren Afrociaticn. —Copyright. Received December 15, 10.S-*P->'l. Sydney, December 1 * Butler’s shipmate aboard tho Olivebank «nvos some details of Butlers cireu m Brazil. He mot him at Uio when the yellow fever was raging there. . Butler joined tho Olivobank at that port. When ho got to eoa Ashe—by which name Butler was thon known—stated that he was in Brazil for three or tour joais, during which time he gained all information about people with mouev. These he enticed, when possible, to a lonely spot, and popped thorn off. During the revolution in Brazil, a number of ship captains went up the country, and never returned ; and ho believed that Ashe could account for their disappearance.
Asho told his companion that a revolver was his companion and m.iaus of living, and when leaving Rio ho intimated his intention of following up his previous career in Australia, and there make money by “ pinking ” them.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3004, 16 December 1896, Page 2
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157THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3004, 16 December 1896, Page 2
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