MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
BROTHERS' DRUNKEN FIGHT. By CaM»—Press Association—Copyright Received 23, 10.10 p.m. Sydney, April 23. A mysterious murder occurred in Sydney on April 9. Two brothers, named William and Frederick Parker, when proceeding home after a family reunion, stopped at an hotel, and afterwards fought outside. Williams knocked Frederick down, severely kicked him, and then ran away. Frederick arose and went off in the opposite direction. Soon afterwards William staggered back to the hotel with a gaping wound in the throat, and was taken to the hospital. In reply to questions by the police he refused to say who cut his throat. He only said that if they arrested his brother they would be taking the wrong man. He died a couple of hours later. Frederick disappeared, but in the afternoon surrendered to the police. His clothes were blood-stained. He stated that he was drunk on the previous night, and remembered fighting, but forgot what- followed. To-day he was committed for trial on a charge of murdering his brother.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 252, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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