PETERSHAM MURDER.
MCPHERSON’S CONFESSION. SEQUEL TO A DRINKING BOUT. (United Press Association). (Received June 2,1, 9.35 a,m.) SYDNEY, June 21. It is reported that the confession made by Norman Clyde McPherson in connection with the murder of the waitress, Miss Quin, at Petersham, states that he had been drinking heavily l'or live weeks prior to the tragedy. He seemed mad, and did not realise what he had done. When realisation did come to him through reading the newspaper repbrt of Miss Quin’s death, he decided to return to Sydney to clear the matter up.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 7
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94PETERSHAM MURDER. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 7
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