THE FOREST HILL TRAGEDY.
SUSPECT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. THEN ADMITS CRIME. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT] BRISBANE, June 21. A man suspected of being concerned in the murder of the girl Wilson, who was found in a bush on the roadside at Forrest Hill, with her throat cut, gashed his throat critically with a razor when he saw the police approachjng. In December he was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for assault on the dead girl’s elder sister. (Received June 22, 12.50 a.m.) BRISBANE, June 21. The man’s name is Freshy and lie has confessed to the murder. There is a fair chance of his-reco-very.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3556, 22 June 1912, Page 7
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103THE FOREST HILL TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3556, 22 June 1912, Page 7
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