BRUTAL MURDER IN MELBOURNE.
Diamond Merchant's Terrible
Death
Affair Enveloped in Mystery
(Received To-day, at 0 ~>3 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day
Mr Barnett Bauer, a well-known diamond merchant, was discovered in his office in Modern Chambers, Collins-street, last evening, with his skull fractured in several places. He died after removal to the Hospital.
Though there are no signs of a struggle, it is evident he was brutally murdered.
The affair is a complete mystery
A friend who saw Mr Bauer ten minutes before the body was discovered, found the door of the office locked, and no one was then in the building.
He heard no suspicious sounds,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8778, 8 June 1907, Page 5
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107BRUTAL MURDER IN MELBOURNE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8778, 8 June 1907, Page 5
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