FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
ARRESTED AFTER FOUR YEARS
MURDER IN WEST AUSTRALIA
London, May 8
"The trial of Wm Ward, who was arrested at Perth, jWcstern Australia, for the murder of Ernest Nixey Smith, dairy manager, at Ohiswick in 1908, has begun.
. "Ward informed a constable on the voyage homo that the deceased tried to arrest him, and- was struck with an umbrella in the struggle. Learning tltat deceased had been stabbed he went to Canada, and 'thence to Australia, where ho hid in the bush. •
Marshall, a tailor, testified that he lieard Ward threaten to gouge Smith's eves out.
Another witness saw Ward follow Smith and strike him with an umbrella. -There was no struggle. Ward was remanded.
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13413, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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118FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13413, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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