CALLOUS CRIME
WIFE AND CHIED BURNED TO DEATH. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright TORONTO, December 20. At Owen Sound (Ontario), a coroner’s jury found Melville Wilkey (23) guilty of setting fire to his home and burning his wife and child to death, to obtain 1000 dollars life insurance. Wilkey confessed to the police whilst awaiting trial.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19372, 22 December 1932, Page 6
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56CALLOUS CRIME Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19372, 22 December 1932, Page 6
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