["Whim Creek Tragedy", The Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA), Tuesday 26 March 1912, page 6]
WHIM GREEK TRAGEDY
CONVICTION OF AN ITALIAN
Roeburne, March 24.
Seleno and Capelli, the two foreigners charged with the murder of Thos. Darlington at Whim Creek, on Christmas Eve, were tried before Mr. Norbert Keenan, K.C., as Commissioner of the Supreme Court. Seleno was sentenced to three years' hard labour and Capelli was acquitted. The tragedy occurred during the Christmas festivities. The men were drinking at the Federal Hotel at Whim Creek. Seleno and Darlington were engaged in a fight. Darlington was proving superior to Seleno, and it is alleged that Capelli passed a knife to his compatriot, who stabbed Darlington in the neck. The injuries proved fatal, and Seleno and Capelli were charged with murder.
