STRANGLER ARRESTED.
CANADA’S “GORILLA” MAN. ACCUSED OF 20 MURDERS. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Assn.) (Received June 18, 10.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 17. Earle Nelson, the gorilla man, who lias been positively identified as the alieged strangler of a woman and girl at Winnipeg within a week, has befcn arrested, lie is wanted for 20 similar strangling crimes in the United Stales.
The degenerate's hands are huge and hairy. Teeth marks in the victims and fingerprints on bed posts led to bis identification.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17131, 18 June 1927, Page 7
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82STRANGLER ARRESTED. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17131, 18 June 1927, Page 7
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