FOUL MURDER ALLEGED
MAN ARRESTED AT SYDNEY.
SEARCH IN EVERY STATE.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 8.30 p.m. Sydney, Dec. 5. Detectives who in all the States have covered thousands of miles searching for the murderer of Mena Griffiths, aged 12, at Bentleigli, near Melbourne, today arrested in Sydney Robert McMahon, aged 30, a labourer, on a provisional warrant from Victoria charging him with the murder of the girl, who was outraged before death. A message on November 13 stated that the girl was found dead in an empty house at Bentleigli with; a gag tightly knotted round her face.. The crime has aroused public opinion like no other for years. The girl’s companions saw her leave the playground with a man whom they described to the police.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19301206.2.66
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 7
Word Count
128FOUL MURDER ALLEGED Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in