AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY.
At Christchurch on Tuesday afternoon two girls, aged sixteen and fourteen, daughters of James Coombs, of Lenwood, who were picking fruit in the garden of an unoccupied house in Gloucester street east, noticed the head of an infant lying on the ground near some gooseberry bushes. Close by was a piece of clothes line made into a noose, stained with blood, and a white wool shawl also blood stained. The girls went home, but did not tell their parents till 7 p m, Mrs Coombs, with a Mrs M'Craoken, went to the garden and found the head still lying there. They covered it with the shawl, and informed the police. Inspector Pender and Detective O’Connor accompanied them to the spot, but found the head gone from under the shawl. They searched the garden, but did not find it. Detective O'Connor resumed the search yesterday, and about 5 p.m, discovered the head under a thick growth of gooseberry bushes three or
four yards from where the children had seen it. It was considerably decomposed, and there was a deep cat on the right temple. An inquest was opened at the Police Station before Mr B. Beetham, and adjourned for a week. ]So further facts hare been discovered.
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Evening Star, Issue 8408, 8 January 1891, Page 2
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209AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY. Evening Star, Issue 8408, 8 January 1891, Page 2
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