127 Chetwynd Street

A strange story, which is given for what it may be worth, was related to Senior-Constable O’Shea by a lad named Herbert John Casey at North Melbourne on Friday night. The lad said:-I am 15 years of age, and I reside with my parents at 57 Chetwynd street. I left home at 7.10 an.m. this morning to go to work. As I left the house a man unknown to me then came up and asked for some haboy’s address. He then referred to the murder at length, making several remarks about the “Elizabethstreet murder.” He appeared be very restless, and my attention was drawn particularly to the man. I then noticed that his trousers was bespattered, apparently with blood, on both legs of the garment. The collar of his tennis shirt, which he wore, had also blood on it. A tennis coat which he wore was also sprinkled with blood. The man then asked me, as we were walking along together, ” Where was the North Melbourne police station ?” When I informed him he hastened his steps past the place. I noticed that he was carrying a revolver in his overcoat pocket. The man accompanied me to the Flagstaff Gardens, and then wanted me to go with him to the Exhibition Gardens. He then left me and a boy named Henry Hall, who was going to work with me to Harvey, Shaw and Co.’s, Lonsdale street. The man was about 22 years of age, 6 feet high, reddish complexion, large thick lips and clean shaved. He had on khakee trousers and dark vest, white and blue striped tennis coat, covered by a black mackintosh overcoat. He had sore eyes. His boots were all dirty and muddy, and the trousers appeared to have been recently washed.