A HORRIBLE CRIME.
WIFE & CHILD MURDERED FOR INSURANCE. CONFESSION IN CANADA. MONTREAL, 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, and is awaiting triaL
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Wairarapa Age, 22 December 1932, Page 5
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55A HORRIBLE CRIME. Wairarapa Age, 22 December 1932, Page 5
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