Alleged Murder at Wellington. (BY TELEGRAPH, -PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, June 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 159, 3 July 1886, Page 7

Alleged Murder at Wellington. (BY TELEGRAPH, -PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, June 27.

The body of a man Gained Mullens, who formerly kept the Clyde Quay Hotel at. Oriental Bay, was taken out of the harbour, close to the breastwork at the Lion Foundry,, at noon to-d'ay. There was a cut across the head ; and, as foul piay is suspected, a labourer named John i-loberta has been arrested on suspicion of having caused MuU lens's death. Roberts, who had been lodgingat Mullena's boarding-house, Plimmer's Steps, left there with JV1 uliens on Friday afternoon, and the two rneu were drinking; about town late in the atternoon. Mullens bought a second-hand oveicoat, which hQ, put on, and buttoned every button. Th§ men then lef c in the direction of the Lioifc Foundry, and so far as is known at present,, this was the last time that Mullens was seer* alive, Roberts returned to his lodgings* having the coat Mullens had bought with him, and, in reply to a question iroin MrsMullensasto the whereabouts of herhusband, accused said, c 'Oh ; l.vo settled for him.** Mullens not returning home, inquiries were made, but it was not until thb afternoon, that tha body was found, when it was, brought to the surface of the water by theanchor of a yacht ju&t getting under weigh* The coat has been torn in several places, which chows that a struggle mu9t have taken piace, and MuJiens's body bears marks ot violence. The left 03 e is black us;d cut, and blood has been oozing irooa the mouth. Mullens was about thirty-five* yearjj. .Roberta give3 his age as tilty-five, though he does not look ic. He stoutly domes hid guilt, suiting ihat he does notj remember what became of Mullens after they left the Branch Hotel.