LOTHIAN OUTRAGE.
A LITTLE GIKL VICTIM. J Considerable alarm and -excitement prevailed at Linlithgow when it became known that a. "girl named Elizabeth Coffleld, had been the victim of a knife attack while on her way to school.
The outrage occurred at a local recreation ground, known as Chalmers Gardens, and situated near the centre of the town. From the facts ascertained, it appears that the girl, who is eight years of age, set out for school at the west end of Linlithgow, and at a point a. short distance from her parents' home, a man, a trtranger to the district, stopped her, and gave her a peanj-. Almost at the same time he produced a knife, which he drew across the little girl's throat, and then disappeared. Many people were going to business at this time, and children were on their way to school.
The police were Immediately acquainted of the occurrence, and at once started investigations. One neighbour was stated to have observed a man running away from the entry at the Chalmers Gardens towards the side of Linlithgow Loch, which adjoins the ground.
Meantime the girl was conveyed to her home, and medical aid summoned.. Her throat was badly lacerated, and a local doctor, who was in attendance a few minutes after the occurrence, inserted over a dozen stitches in the wound. The girl was in too critical a condition to be removed to the hospital.
Later the police arrested Alexander Morris Brown in connection with the affair.
LOTHIAN OUTRAGE.
Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 282, 28 November 1925, Page 33
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