WELLINGTON MYSTERY.
A .SLIGHT QLtiJSr
Per Press Association
WELLINGTON, Dec. 25)
A great many people have viewed the body of the man who was murdered at C'ourtonay Place on Saturday night, to see if they <*mld identify him. ■• A visitor from Auckland says be remembers the deceased well, though he does not know the unfortunate man's name. He says the deceased was a porter and roitsea'bout at the Hotel Metropole, Rotorua, in September. In October, the Auckland visitor says, he saw the deceived in Auckland a- little the worse for liquor. The man recognised him, and endeavoured to borrow money, but his request was "refused: The victim of the garrotters, according to this source of information, wsii of neat appearance, evidently an old sailor.- He was a man of some education, and had come down in the world. The police liave recorded all the information that the Auckland visitor could give. : and will make enquiries. The body will he on view for the purpose of identification for another day or so.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13790, 30 December 1908, Page 5
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171WELLINGTON MYSTERY. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13790, 30 December 1908, Page 5
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