THE MURDERS BY BLACKS.
ANOTHER MUEDER REPORTED.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 26. (Received July 26, at 9.40 a.m.)
The Government have increased the reward for the capture of Jimmy and Joe Governor to £200 each.
(Received July 26, at 9.40 p.m.)
The blacks who killed the Mawbeys have murdered an old man named Fitzpatrick, near Wollar. (Received July 27, at 0.30 a.m.) Fitzpatrick's nephew was absent from the house for a few minutes. When he returned he found his uncle shot in the back and his head split. Two blacks were j;een fleeing; He fired at, but missed, them.
The police magistrate reports that the murderers have escaped to the mountains, and that it is impossible to follow on horseback. He advises that bloodhounds be employed to track them down.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11796, 27 July 1900, Page 6
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