A MURDERED BOY.
BODY IN A PERAMBULATOR. FOUND IN GLASGOW STREET. LONDON, June 22. The Glasgow police made a sensational discovery of the body of a murdered boy, j aged 12, which was being wheeled in a I perambulator through a busy street by a young married woman. The body was j wrapped in a bed mat. It is believed an attempt was made previously to burn ' the body, as the hair on the scalp was I singed. The woman, who was accompanied by her small daughter, was arrested. The police believe the boy was strangled at Coatbridge, 12 miles from Glasgow, and the body was being wheeled in the perambulator to dispose of in Glasgow. The motfve is a mystery. The carlv arrest of a man is expected.— (A. and* N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 23 June 1923, Page 7
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133A MURDERED BOY. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 23 June 1923, Page 7
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