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DOUGLAS MAWSON"...
MYSTERY.
KILLED BABY WHO CRIED.
American Student Guilty of Manslaughter.
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A correspondent of the Sydney "Autoricah student, Sun states that an unconfirmed, Wolford Travie, accused of tho rumour is current in Darwin to! the effect that the passengers and murder of his child, was found crew of the Douglas Mawson were Old Balloy recently,
guilty of manslaughter at the murdered by blacks, and that the famales were taken into, capitis wo for a holiday. and took Travis cano to England with vity. A native, who is the author]
гость in of this startling story, describing Their baby disappeared, and Bryanston-treat, W. the happenings, said that the Travis admitted to the police that white men were campod on the the baby's crying had irritated bosoh near Capo Wilberforce, and him, and that he had placed his that they wore subsequently hand over its mouth and noso to speared by a largo party of blacke. keep it quiet.
Ho describes how the men wore buried. Two white woman were
He noticed that the child bud taken into captivity by the blacks, stopped breathing, and became The women are said to be with body to Birmingham in a kitbag, panic-stricken. He took the tho nativus at Port Bradshaw.
Groote Island nativos confirm and loft it at railway station. the story of the
You are, only trying the formant. It is stated that two Travers Humphreys, who pro- Sun's in-prisoner in the dock," said Mr. white men visited the blacks, and, secuted, and I do not wish to after taking from them the money say anything harsh about his which the natives had stolen from the murdered men, departed.traordinary fact that she spont. wife, but it is a somewhat ox- The natives wero warned not to the day after the child's dis- say a word about the mattor, otherwise there would be trouble. appearance at Wembley,
make a statement later.
SEARCH MADE.
Ai tho Contral Criminal Court, efore Mr. Justice Shearman, Charles Welford Travis WUX brought up for judginont
In the House of Represent- ativos on July 19 Mr. Nelson (Northern Territory) urged the Prine. Minister (Mr. Brucel to
Mr. Justice Shoarman, in part- immediately despatch to tto Territory an armed party to faced in this case by a problem
ing sentence, said ho had been Boarch for the men and women of great difliculty. The jury had passongors of the i-fatod Douglas Mawson.. Mr. Nelson killed his own small child did found that this man when ho stated that bo had revolved a tologram from Dr. Wade, the oil not do it purposely, but did it expert at Darwin, eonfirming the owing to criminal impulso, and story of the torrible fact that had to was also faced by the reports in circumstances of great cruelty. bufallon the men and women,
The Prime Minister askari per-made fully public for good reason fufore hith, which had not been mission from Mr. Nelson to read that while the prisoner was a nat the telegram, and promised to of exceptional intelligence ho was subject to eriminal impulso. There was no question that ho It was pointed out in official was perfectly sane. circles that the fullest search Judge) had to do his duty. Thore Is (tho was made in the Gulf waters were other tribals, including, by the Stato. without avail.the Home Office, which had and that only recently the better means for arriving at the Federal police suurch party from facts of the man's mental state Darwin traversed the epast infand his ability to criminal im the vicinity of Mount Alexander, pulso, that he flis Lordship) following the discovery of wreck-hai. He had to deal with him age there. Cape Wilberforce is according to the law of the land, north of this point, and also in the and he should be wanting in his Torritory. Groota Eylandt is duty if he treated it as a trivia! comparatively adjacent to Mount matter. Alexander. It is also pointed out night be a danger to the com
Ila heard that the man, that if such a rumour wore current munity. The judgmont of the. in Darwin, and regarded as in Court was that the prisoner be any way authentic, action sont to penal servitude for five doubtedly would have been taken immediately by the Federal ac thorities thore to filly ventilate it. There were thron fomules and four. passengers on the Douglas Maw- son when she entered upon her) last trip in April of last year. The females were: Mrs. Willott,
Chinese Volunteer's Suicide. then 35 years of age. Alice May Willett, her daughter then 14 A Chinese volunteer named years of age. Elizabeth Willett. Foo Nam, employed by . H. another daughter, then 4 yours of Slot and Co., committed suicído Inge.
at the. Ayer Etam Reservoir last The names of the crow, as pal-evening, says a Penng message ished at the time of the vessel's of August 22nd. He was killed bullet
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Tuno (master), Richard Showring wound through the boad. (mate), Robert D. Thompson (en Tamil, hearing the report of four ginour), John Fenser (donkey-gun shots proceeder! it the man), John Tully and Hector direction of the sound, and saw V. Dinto (firemen-drivers). Robert the man dead with the rille by, Nixon (cook and stoward), Juines his side, and in uniform. The Laird, Archie M'Neill, Christian matter was reported to the polico, Neilsen, William Rowe, and Wilwho found a piece of paper giving liam Nugent (able seamen). and his name and regimental number. Maurice Cleso (ordinary seanien). on which was also "1. shot: There were also on board as myself." The deceased was said passengers Mr. and Mrs. Willett to be in Bancial difficulties and their five ebibirea, who which prompted his action. ite joined the ship at Normanton. hud burn in Blot at Ca's ollice
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