BOGUS CONFESSION.
Sydney, May 7. Some limo ago a passenger on a voyage from New Zealand lost his portmanteau, and a man named Haroford, arrested for vagrancy, was found wearing an article bearing the passenger’s name. This led to tho recovery of tho goods. The same prisoner was accused of a similar charge at Newcastle and was sent there for identification. On tho return journey he attempted to escape from the train, after murderously assaulting the warder with a decanter, liareford who is now confined in Darlinghurst has confessed that he murdered an unknown man while working in the bush in the Wairarapa district by shooting him. Tho murder took place fivo years ago, and it is believed that another man is serving a sentence for it. From enquiries instituted by the police they think Haroford’s confession authentic. Wellington, May 7. Tho police have investigated tho confession reported iu a Sydney cable to day, and declare there is no foundation for it; and that no such murder was committed.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2969, 9 May 1896, Page 1
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