ROBBERY AND MURDER AT TIMARU.
+ A man named Murdoch M‘Lcan, for eight years a shepherd at Snowdon Station, disappeared at Timaru on the night of the 14th inst. He had a considerable sum of money upon lain, and foul play was suspected. On the morning of the 21st, the body of the missing man was found in the Washdyke Creek, with a heavy piece of iyou attached to the neck. The deceased’s hat was in his pocket, and all his monev, amounting to some £6O, was gone. He was 28 yen is of age, and had been only seven months married.
On the same morning, a party engaged in searching for the body of M'Lean, found in a creek near Mount Horrible, 26 miles from Tiniaru, the body of another man, which had apparently been lying there for four or live days. It has not yet been identified.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 159, 26 November 1872, Page 5
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148ROBBERY AND MURDER AT TIMARU. Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 159, 26 November 1872, Page 5
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