TRAIN MURDERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 7

TRAIN MURDERS

THE QUEENSLAND CRIME ACCUSED’S ADMISSIONS [l> Telegraph—Press Association Ccpyngh Received April 36, 11.50 p.m. BRISBANE; April 3U. Further evidence was given to-d:, bv ike detectives who arrested Herbe; Kopit (otherwise Colbert), charge with murdering Edward Speering an Alichael Francis Costello, and of a tempting to k : II Thomas Boys on th Rockhampton train on April 2. Their testimony supported Kopit signed statement conferring the a tacks on his victims. Detective Alahoney, of Brisbane, sa that, while escorting Kopit throuj; Sydney to Brisbane, Kopit suggested car drive through Darlinghurst so th; he could indicate the shops where t bought the women’s clothing and shoi in which he masqueraded in Sydm and Melbourne until arrested. Dete live Alahoney assented, and Kop pointed out the different shops. Detective Mahoney related a conve satior by Kopit after his arrest, whe Kopit said he “barbered” sever, hotels ui Queensland, using a stole railway pass to take him to Rockham] ton, Maryborough and Yeppoon, final boarding rhe Bundaberg mail train < April 2, when the two traveller*, Spec ing and Costello, were killed, and th train conductor sr-iously injured.