BRUTAL MURDER.
TRAGEDY NEAR SYDNEY,
TERRIBLE MUTILATIONS. maniAc suspected. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Dec. 15. The dead body of a man, who is believed to be James Dwyer, aged about 60, was found on the road clqee to Bowelfels station, near Lithgow. The head was severely battered and the throat deeply cut, and there were several stabs in the region of the heart. The police are of the opinion that it is a ca.se of murder. Assisted by residents, t'hey are scouring the neighbourhood in search of the perpetrator. THREE MEN DETAINED. Received Dec. 15, 8.45 p.m. Sydney, Dec. 15. The body found at Bowenfels has been identified as that, of James Dwyer, aged 60. The police have detained three men suspected of being implicated in the murder.
The condition of Dwyer’s body revealed unparalleled ferocity on the part of the murderer. There were seventeen separate kiAjfe wounds in the vicinity of the heart. His throat was slit and an ear and his head battered almost to pulp. Apparently the perpetrator was a maniac.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1924, Page 7
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