BEATEN TO DEATH.
SHOCKING FATE OF A CHILD. HOUSEKEEPER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. By Telegraph.— Preis Association.— Copyright , MELBOURNE, 3rd July. Alice 'Carton, aged eleven, was beaten to death in a shocking manner with a broomhandle by the housekeeper, a cousin of her father. The woman subsequently attempted to commit suicide. When- she recovered consciousness slie stated that she beat the girl for tolling uhteuihs. She was distracted when she- found that the child was dead, and tried •to commit suicide.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 3, 4 July 1910, Page 7
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