WILFUL MURDER
MAN’S BODY FOUND BLOODY FINGER-PRINTS [ Australian Press Assn. 1 Received April 17, 11.5 p.m. 5 MELBOURNE, April if. The dead body of James Christensen, aged 55, unmarried, was discovered in a bnxthorn hedge at East Colac. The police arc convinced it is a case of wilful murder. Christensen’s head was badly battered. The victim possessed over £3O before death and th(s money is all gone. When the body was discovered the detectives found blood-stained fingerprints on a fence nearby.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 92, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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81WILFUL MURDER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 92, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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