MURDERED IN HIS SLEEP.
(Press Assn.— By- Telegraph. — Copyright.)
SYDNEY., July 26
, An elderly man named Hoeyl was found dead 'iVlSisd m hfe^tent at Grafton with a pea : rifle, bullet _m his .brain. Apparently he was shot while sleeping. The police tracked and arrested a. suspected man at Bellingen. . » (Received July 27, 9.50 a.m.) : t , SYDNEY, July 27. According to the statement of a woman who was a neighbor of Hoey, she said a young man called at her house on Sunday night. Hoey had a horsd and a four wheeled vehicle.' He was permitted to camp m the paddock, where he erected a tent, which Hoey and his companion occupied that night. She saw nothing . afterwards of either man, and on investigation found Hoey dead. It was stated that he always had money m his possession, but none was found' on the body. . .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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