THE POISONED PUBLICAN.
BYFLEET TRAGEDY. STATEMENT BY YAQLTEB. LOVED .'ONES FIFE A BROTHER (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.' LONDON, May 2<i
A feature of the resumed hearing of Die Ryfleet murder c;ise is a statement which Ihe police staled lhal Vaqnicr made before leaving Byflcet, in which he said: "i loved .Join - lit<.a brother. Is il likely, therefore, that I perpetrated this cowardly erimi .' if poison was put into Hie glass by a criminal, il w;.s done by someone paid 2>> a cowardly suitor of Mrs .lories in order lhal I. a foreigner, might be accused of il. Among her suitors Ihe cowardly assassin will be round. If Mrs Jones is willing lo speak she could say who wanted to be rid of both. Jones and myself. It is a. solicitor's clerk who knows more about Jones' death, as he madly loved Mrs foues. I loved Mrs Jones over much lo poison Jones while he stayed at the Blue Anchor. There was nothing in my conduct calculated to anger Jones." The hearing' was adjourned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15998, 28 May 1924, Page 5
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174THE POISONED PUBLICAN. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15998, 28 May 1924, Page 5
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