A VELDT HORROR.
BLACK GANG MURDERS WHITES. [SECRET RITUAL DISCLOSED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received Juno 23, 10 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, June 22. Four members of the Nineveh gang of natives, practising a horrible ritual, have been arrested on the Rand. They murdered John Smellie, a native of Abordeen, and his wife and daughter, the women being outraged. The victims, whilo walking on the, veldt, inadvertently witnessed the rites, whereupon their death was decided on by the gang-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11732, 23 June 1916, Page 6
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76A VELDT HORROR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11732, 23 June 1916, Page 6
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