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A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.

(By Telegraph.—Press -Association.?. *■'.(

DUNEDIN, this day."

A liorrible outrage on a child, aged three years and a-half, was perpe-: trated at St. Clair late on i Saturday evening. Samuel Flaherty, aged 25, it is alleged, lured the child among the sand hills, and brutally mutilated her. One, Coxon, caught Flaherty, and took him to the station. The child is in a critical condition. DUNEDIN, this day. 'Flaherty was brought before the* magistrate this morning and remanded till Friday. He was Itoboed and groaned at by a large crowd, and after proceedings the police took him. away privately. He maintains silence and affects insanity. This is the second case of its kind within, two months. Press and police kept the former case quiet, hoping to find the man, but without success. TWe viotlm in the first case was seriously injured, but the doctor hopes to save <the victim of Saturday's outrage.

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Auckland Star, Issue 23, 28 January 1901, Page 5

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A HORRIBLE AFFAIR. Auckland Star, Issue 23, 28 January 1901, Page 5

A HORRIBLE AFFAIR. Auckland Star, Issue 23, 28 January 1901, Page 5