Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-08-05

IA iE~N "lrutn Is Satu 10 De
NJ - stranger than fiction, and
E&EA@ certainly the extrsOrdi-
y nary murder which took
,l,.s IN Melbourne on Thursday night, or
EEr,J,v moruing, goes u loog way towards
-ir,;,g this saving. A crime has been
,on,1,ittei bv an unknown assassin, with
~. sbort instance of the principal streets
Of this city, and is surrounded by an I'M
nsretr,hle mystery. Indeed, from the ma
M of the crime itself, the place where 1t
- cnmmitted, and the fact that the as
-, bas escaped without leaving 3 trace
hs,,pd him. it would seem as though the
- ,tseIf had been taken out OF one OF
C,t,r,au'. novels, and that his famous de-
tive Lscocu only would be able to IN
r.ysI n The facts OF the case are simply
these. .
,,On the twenty-seyenth day Of July, at
the hour of twenty minutes to " O'Clock
IN the morning q hanson drove up TO
rbe notice station, in Grey Street, st. kilda,
and the driver made the startling state
mant that his cab contained the body Of a
man whom he had reason to believe had
been murdered.
BEING taken into the presence OF the
Inspector, the cabman, who gave hrs name
A, Malcolm Royston, related the following
strange story:
al the hour OF one o'clock in the morn
ing. he was driving down Collins Street
Fast. when as he was passing the Burke
and Willis monument he was hailed by a
Gentleman standing at the corner by the
Scotch Church. He immediately drove
m and saw that the gentleman who hailed
him was supporting the deceased, who ap-
reared to he very much intoxicated. Both
we're in evening dress, but the deceased
had no overcoat on, while the other wore
a short covert coat OF q light fawn color,
which WAS open. As Royston drove up,
the gentlemen in the light o said, LOOK
here, cabby, here's some fellow aWiully
tight, you'd better take him home!
"Rnyston then asked him if the drunken
mar@gas mis- friend, but this the other de-
MED. saving that he had lust picked him
up from the fOOt-path, snd did not know
him from Adam. At this moment the de-
ceased turned his face up to the light OF
the lamp under which both were standing,
and the other seemed to recognize him, for
he recoiled a pace, letting the drunken man
tall in a heap on the pavement, and gasping
out 'You?' he turned on his heel, and
walked rapidly swsy down Russell Street
in the direction OF BOurke Street.
"ROystOn was staring after him, and
wondering at his strange conduct, when
be was recalled to himself by the voice OF
tina deceased, who had struggled to his feet.
and waa holding on to the l~amp-pOst, sway
iug to and fro. L van GONE he said In
a thick voice, st. kilds.' He then tried to
get into the cab, bat was too drunk to do
-, and finally sat down again on the pave
ment. Seeing this, RoystOn got down, and
lifting him mp, helped him into the cab
with some considerable difficulty. The de-
ceared fell back into the cab, and seemed
to drop OF to sleep; so, after closing the
door, RoystOn turned to remOunt his driy-
lng-seat, when ne found the gentleman in
the light coat whom he had seen holding
up the deceased, close TO his elbow. Roy
stoU said, 'Oh, you've come back, and the
other answered, Yes, I've changed my
mind, aud will see him home As he said
this he opened the door of the cab, stepped
in beside the deceased, and told RoystOn to
drive down to st. Kilda. Royston, who
was glad that the friend of the deceased
had come to look after him, drove ~ he
had been directed, but nea the Church OF
Eugland Grammar School, on the st.
kllda Road, the gentleman in the light
coat called out to him to stop. He did so,
and the gentleman got put of the cab,
closing the door after him.
He won't let me take him home,
he said, 10 I'll lust walk back TO the city,
and you CAR drive him to st. Kilda.'
What street, sir?' asked Royston.
Grey Street, | fancy said the other,
bot my friend will direct you when you
get 10 the Junction
Amt ne too much on, siI?' said Roy
ston, ~dubiOusly.
On, no. l think he'll be able to tel
you where he hves-it's Grey Street OIL
AeklaRn Street, l fancy. / don't know
which
He then opened the door Of the cab and
looked in. Good night, old man. he said
the other apparently did not answer,
Tor the gentleman in the light coat, shrug'
ging his shoulders, and muttering Sulky
brute, closed the door again. he then
gave ROyston half a sovereign, lit . cigar
cite, and after making few remarks about
the beauty Of the night, walked off quickly
IN the direction Of Melbourne. Roystor
drove down to the Junction, and having
stopped there, according to his instruc'
tons he asked his fare several times where
ne was TO drive him to. Receiving no an
swer and thinking the decesaed was toe
drunk TO answer, he got down from his
seat, opened the door of the cab, and found
Inc deceased lying back in the corner with
q handkerchief across his mouth. He put
out his hand with the intention of rousinE
nm, thinking that he had gone to sleep,
when on touching him the deceased fell
forward, and on examination, to his horror,
ne found he was quite dead. Alarmed a
what had taken place, and suspecting th'
gentleman in the light coat he drove to The
police Station at st. Kilda, and there made
the above report. The body Of the deceased
was taken out of the cab and brought intl
the station, 3 doctor being sent for at once
IN his arrival, however, he found that Lift
was extinct, and also discovered that tn
handkerchief which was tied lightly owe
the mouth WAS saturated with chloroform
de had no hesitation In s~tatingthat from
the way in which the handkerchief wa
placed, and the presence Of ehloroform,
murder had been committed, and from nj
appearances the deceased died easily, ana
Without q struggle. The deceased 10
slender man, Of medium height with
dark complexion, and is dressed in even
ing dress, which win render identification
ulneolt, as it's q costume which has no
any distinttiya mark to render it notice