MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
WOMAN AND GIRL MURDERED. AN ARREST MADE. By Telegraph—Press Assocation—-Copyright. (Received November 27, 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November 27. A mysterious tragedy occurred at) Trawool on November 10. A cabman drove Mrs Taylor and n twelve-year-old stepda'aghter to Trawool, where the woman stated she was going to nurse a sister-
Subsequently their bodies, with th a heads smashed in, were were, found iu the Goulboiirr. River. The. sum of £152 was sewn into the woman's underclothing. The photograph of a. soldier, Arthur Old ring,, discovered amongst the woman's belongings, was recognised as that of a man missing from the Seymour camp. He was seen in the vicinity of the tragedy. Oldring has been arre&ted. A SEQUEL. MELBOURNE, November 27. The sequel to the Trawool tragedy was that Mrs Jessie Brown, a sister of Olclring, poisoned herself, and died in hospital
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12176, 27 November 1917, Page 4
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