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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1929
Page
6
Aiden De Brune style tale unfolds in Sydney where a boy bears Frederick Mayne’s fingerprints linked to a stabbing. Inspector Mason investigates with Wilbrahams hunting for clues at Kay Chambers and the elderly watchmaker Warton, amid a cluttered shop and a web of alibis and motives.
The detective corners Warton under harsh cross examination. Mason accuses him of lying about his whereabouts the night Frederick Mayne was murdered, highlighting finger print clues and a shop near the Carew Jane house. The old man stoutly denies, offering sleep or a stroll as possible alibis while investigators press for truth.
A garbled excerpt depicts an Inspector questioning figures in a tense room. The text mentions a shop owner, a pursuit for control, and evasive answers as characters debate what happens if the owner surrenders and the shop is seized, all in a charged, fragmentary exchange.
Fragmentary notes reference Hotel Australia and streets Lachlan and Templar with unclear details about a regut act and teleheader terms. The readable fragments hint at historical urban space naming and governance actions, possibly in Warr Arvomnditig area, but lack concrete dates or outcomes.
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