THE MURDER OF FATHER HESLIN.
FURTHER PARTICULARS. PREPARING FOR AN ARREST. NEW YORK, August 12. Later details show that Father Heslln’s grave was at the foot of a cliff over one hundred feet high. There were six bullet holes in the body and the skull was crushed. An eight-y-dollar note was found in a pocket. The police infer that Father Heslin was asked to walk to the cliff and was shot from behind while peering over into the cave, the murderers riddling, the body with bullets to make sure that life was extinct. The police are preparing to arrest Hightower on a charge of murder, believing at least one other person is Involved. They suspect that Hightower feared the police were on his trail which was the reason why he voluntarily offered information regarding the location of the body. Hightower’s room was searched, revealing a piece of bloody burlap, a rifle and newspaper clippings relating to the reward. They also found an infernal machine such, as mentioned in the first demand for ransom sent to the Archbishop. It consisted of a rifle contrivance which would fit on to a door in such a manner as to make it impossible to open the door without discharging the rifle. The first note regarding ransom declared that Heslin was held in a room guarded by this contrivance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18257, 16 August 1921, Page 9
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224THE MURDER OF FATHER HESLIN. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18257, 16 August 1921, Page 9
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