MURDERED BY NATIVES
VICTIMS CLUBBED TO DEATH SYDNEY, Feb. 17. Further details of the murder of William Naylor and Emil Clarus by natives in New Guinea were given when the district officer, Mr. Townsend, reached Sydney by the steamer Montoro to-day. Mr. Townsend, who discovered the bodies, said that when tho news of the murders was given by a native who staggered into , the outpost at Otibandj, it was. sent on to Salamoa, where two aeroplanes, including the air liner Canberra, set out for the scene. It was impossible to, land, however, owing to tho dense jungle. Tho planes returned, and a party set out on foot. Although the planes had covered the distance in a few. hours, the journey by foot occupied three flays. The party had to hack their Way through dense undergrowth, and scale high rocks, and were always on the look-out for an aiplbush. Eventually the bodies of the white men and three natives were located, and were buried near a, creek. There were signs of a terrific struggle havingtaken place before tho victims were clubbed to death.
A search for the murderers is proceeding, but probably some months will elapse before they are located.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18025, 28 February 1933, Page 9
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