THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8409, 7 January 1899, Page 2

THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Eleotrlo Telegraph- Copyright— UnlteS Press I Association.) (Received Jan 7, 0.50 a.m.) Bbisbakb, Jau. 7. The police have been strongly reinforced at Gatton, and still there is no definite clue. The opinion ia gaining ground that the shot Was fired from a rifle. Amongst many communications received by the police is a letter from an astrologer closely describing two men, who, by the help of a chart of the heavens, he says he has divined committed the murders. Ho adds that at present they are at no great distance from the fatal place. Another mystery has been reported to the police. A fortnight before Christmas a boy named Hill, 15 years of age, left his parents' residence at Nundah, near Brisbane, to spend a few days with relatives. He never reached his destination. A few days since the lad's pony was discovered dead, with a bullet wound in the forehead ten miles from Brisbane. The horse lay among some bushy scrub, and near by were the remains of fire and several pieces of roasted flesh. These have been sub. milled to experts for examination for the purpose of determining whether they arc human flesh. The ' father of the lad is convinced that harm has been done to hia son, as he was not likely to leave home. The police are investigating.