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... The Chinese Leper, after passing the Union on his way to Cooktown, turned back for some unexplained reason, and when on his way up here again, was killed by the blacks about two miles from Woodville, that is to say about 14 miles from Thornborough." (Wild River Times, 11 May 1888, p2)
"The wild blacks in the north have certainly rid us of one undesirable colonist. They killed a Chinese leper. It is not said whether they ate him." (Morning Bulletin, 4 June 1888, p5)
"A Chinese leper, while making his way from Thornborough to Cooktown, was killed by the blacks about 14 miles from the former place" (Telegraph, 5 June 1888, p2).