MELBOURNE MURDER MYSTERY.
(Prees Aesn.— By Telegraph. — Copyright.) MELBOURNE, January 14. Of the two persons implicated in the Trotter murder, one is of small physique, and did not speak during the tragedy. Detectives are working on the theory that the smaller burglar was a woman well acquainted with the Trotters and their movements, and that she did not speak for fear of her voice betraying her. Later a laborer named Harold Thompson was arrested and formally charged ■with the murder of Trotter; The police had Tieen shadowing him for days, and surrounded his house. Thompson denies the charge.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12956, 15 January 1913, Page 3
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