GLENBROOK MYSTERY.
PRESTON'S BODY EXHUMED. Sydnky, Deo. 4. The work of exhuming Preston's body began this morning. It lay on its back with the head turned to the left side, the legs drawn up out of shape, the left arm crushed under the side, che right arm pressed behind the back. The general appearanco showed that the grave was too small, and tho abdomen was pressed by a weight, probably of a body, so as to cram it into the space. The body was fearfully crushed and much decomposed, but a friend of Preston completely established identification. The whole of the surroundings were most pitiful. The body was placed in a cofiiu and taken to Penrith for the inquest. The post mortem showed that death was due to a gunshot wound in the brain, in addition to which were two fractures of the skull. A man, said to resemble Butler, has been arrested at Port Macquarrie. ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7794, 5 December 1896, Page 2
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156GLENBROOK MYSTERY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7794, 5 December 1896, Page 2
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