THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.
v* ■ - HOW PRESTON'S BODY WAS HUE [ED. [Per Pbuss Association.! SYDNEY, Dkc. 4. Tho work of exhuming Preston's body began this morning. It lay on its bank, with the head turned to the left side, the legs drawn -up out of shape, the left arm crushed under the side, and the right arm pressed behind the back. The general appearance showed that the grave was too small, and the abdomen had been pressed by a weight, probably of a bod}-, so as to cram it into the space. The body vras fearfully crushed, .and much decomposed, but a friend of Preston completely established identification. The whole surroundings were of the most pitiful nature. Tho body was i placed in a coflin and taken to Penritli for an inquest. The post-mortem showed that death was due to a, grin-shot wound in the | brain, in addition to -which -there were two j fractures of the skull. i A man, said to resemble Butier, Das been arrested at Port Maeqnarie. \
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5739, 5 December 1896, Page 7
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170THE GLENBROOK MURDERS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5739, 5 December 1896, Page 7
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