MURDER OF TAXI DRIVER
GEELONG MAN FOR TRIAL. . By. Telegraph—Press Assn. —C' pyrlght. Melbourne, May 14. At the inquest at Geelong into the death of Horace Walpole, who was found murdered in a taxicab, Eric Brockwell was committed for trial on a charge of murder; A detective gave evidence that Brockwell admitted having killed Walpole, and added that he was not in his right senses owing to worry. He had bought a rifle intending to kill himself. Horace Walpole, aged 36, a taxicab driver, was found murdered in his car between Queenscliffe and Geelong on April 29. He was well known on the taxi ranks at Geelong. Walpole was engaged for a trip the night before, since when he had been missing. He was shot from behind, the bullet entering his head. The body was covered with a rug. Robbery was not the motive of the crime, as money was found in the victim’s pockets.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1930, Page 13
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