SOLOMON ISLAND CRIME
BRISBANE, October 1
A well-known Sydney planter and trader, named Laycock, has been murdered on the island of Makira, in the Solomon group. He was engaged on a recruiting tour, and was standing in his dinghy talking to the recruiter, when a native suddenly struck him on the neck with an axe, almost severing his head. The crime is inexplicable, as the Makira boys, it is quite well known, liked Laycock. The murderer escaped into the bush.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 65
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80SOLOMON ISLAND CRIME Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 65
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