THE DUNEDIN MURDER.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16788, 4 May 1926, Page 6

THE DUNEDIN MURDER.

COLD-BLOODED CRIME. A TERRIBLE SCENE. (B 7 Telesraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Monday. Further particulars of the murder of Arthur Creagh by Patrick John .lager show that it was a cold-blood-ed .affair. ■ iefore following Hip usual course of communicating with the central police I lie sergeant lo whom .laser' gave himself up went to ihe house to make certain of the truth of .Tagcr's startling admission. Of one of Iwo sisters who eonduc! the boarding house, the sergeant asked it Creagh was in. "You'll find him upstairs," was her reply. "\Ye arc just preparing their breakfast." "Are you sure?" returned Ihe sergeant, who then informed Hie woman of what Jagcr had said. No one in the house had heard any disturbance. In Ihe men's room a terrible sight fully confirmed .Tagcr's confession. In the room are three beds, one generally unoccupied. On Creagh's bed Ihe sergeant found his body fully covered wilh blankets except that Ihe left leg was hanging over Ihe, side. Broken glass was scattered over the bed and floor and bathed in a pool of blood Creagh's head lay almost severed from Ihe body. On the floor was a bloodstained razor and near if an old beer bottle. .lager had slept in his bed. which lies to the left of the one occupied by Creagh, but before giving himself up lo the police had made some attempt to put it in order. The other bed was not occupied last evening, bavins been made up yesterday by the murdered man following Ihe departure of an exhibition visitor. Personal articles were scattered carelessly abnul (he room. Other people living in (he house slate Dial neither man drank lo any extent, while .lager is described as being somewhat miserly. The fact Miat .lager's righl hand was covered with blood suggests that he wenl round lo the back of Ihe lied to commit his terrible act. There were no signs of a struggle, indicating that, when attacked with a razor, Creagh was either unconscious or asleep. An inquest was formally opened this afternoon.