ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14065, 20 August 1913, Page 5

ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.

BODY FOUND IN SCRUB. SHOT IN THE BACK. Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright. ' SYDNEY, August 19. An aboriginal girl gathering bottles discarded by Sunday, picnickers in the" scrub at Parra Bay discovered a body, supposed to be that of Thomas George Mower, aged 27, a native of Scotland, md a clerk. Apparently death occurred early on Sunday night. A bullet had entered the middle of his back. It is difficult to understand what business would tako anyone to such a lonely spot by night, but it is supposed to bo a case >f murder, though the motive is absent. Tho deceased was an educated man of reserved manner. Ho made few friends and no enemies. It is believed ho-made two trips to England during tho past year in tho capacity of steward.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY. MURDER THEORY DISCOUNTED. SYDNEY, August 10.' Tho body at Yarra Bay, though bearing a remarkable likeness to Mower, ! ’as been positivelv identified as being that of Charles John Stratton,' aged M, a wharf labourer, who loft bis homo . t Chippendale on Sunday afternoon, . laying ho was going to Yarra Bay to day “two no.” It is unknown what money ho-had, but ho had only la 4d when found. Tho police are disinclined to accept Em murder theory. They say the scrub is frequented by parties in search of “’nail game, and possibly a stray bullet killed Stratton. BLACK TRACKER AT WORK. SYDNEY..August 1!). A black tracker found tracks where a couple had boon sitting eating oranges, also a man’s track from tho spot where Stratton was found to the spot whore an empty cartridge lay. It is stated that Stratton was frequently seen in tho locality by night.