UNDERWORLD VENDETTA.
MELBOURNE MURDERS. MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME. SEVERAL THEORIES ADVANCED. (United Prpß° wmelnHon: MELBOURNE, Oct. 28. Several theories have been advanced regarding the cause of last night & shooting in the Carlton district when ! eslic Tavlor and John butmoic vere killed, and Mrs. Cutmore, senior, was wounded. They include jealousy over a woman, and revenge for hc iiiiinl t of Norman lirulin on June 23 at Dnilimdifirst, Sydney, as the outcome of a feud between denizens of Ihe slums. The police discount lids view, and arc of opinion that il was the result of a Jong-standing vendetta be,ween members of a Fitzroy gang. John Cutmore, like Leslie Taylor, was a notorious criminal, and had been concerned in a great number of crimes of vio lence. The detectives say lay lor was the worst type in the criminal annals of Victoria.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17242, 29 October 1927, Page 7
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