A BRUTAL MURDERER
CALM ANALYSIS OF HIS FEELINGS, Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, SYDNEY, April 18. The twin brothers Keith and Lionel Shaw have been committed for trial for the murder of Mr King (the Melbourne commercial traveller) at Katoomba on April 1. , Keith Shaw, in a remarkable confession, admitted that he became possessed /by an overwhelming desire to obtain Mr King's diamond ring. He described hie entering Mr King's room at the boarding-house with absolute pleasure, and dealing seven or eight blows with a hammer with no more conscience than serving tennis balls. He secured tile ring, which he,-then buried at the front gate, went to bed, and slept. "When arrested > Keith Shaw said : "I felt like a person in two parts—one part quite serious, the other as if at a picture show. I don't seem a bit pat out over this." '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16982, 19 April 1917, Page 4
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147A BRUTAL MURDERER Otago Daily Times, Issue 16982, 19 April 1917, Page 4
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