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PAPUAN MURDER.

TORTURED AMD BURNED.

“ATMS AS TROPHIES.”

[By Electric telegraph-—Copy high • [Uniter Tress Association.J [Received U. 35 a.in.) Brisbane, September 2. Details ui tne murder of Warnei sho.v tiiat he was of Germaii-Ameri-can descent. He was a prominent mineralogist and left Sydney in July .u-coiiipataed hy a young man namei tVindsor, - intending to prospect fo. radium in the interior of Papua. After spending a week with a missionary at Menapi he departed, ac companied by tiiree native carriers At the end of a couple of days Wind .'.or fell ill, and with one carrier re turned to the mission. Warner pushe; forward into unexplored country where the natives, who were hostile attacked him. He defended him self till l:is revolver jamhod. The natives vising slings broke hi inns, and then killed him with spears They cut off his arms as trophies, an burned the body, meanwhile dancing round the fire. The two carriers escaped. The missionary visited the scene and found the charred remains. A punitive expedition has boon, despatched. ,r

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 5

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PAPUAN MURDER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 5

PAPUAN MURDER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 5

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