MURDER AND "PENNY DREADFULS."
| The inquest on the body of Elsie Barrows, ; the eleven-year-old girl who was killed by • her brother George with an axo as she ky : in bed, was not concluded when the last | Home mail to hand left. When in the dock ! the prisoner, whose head reached above the dock-rail, scemtjd indifferent to what was being done and said. His answer to the question whether he had anything to say why he should not be remanded was to shake his • , head. He is to be an eccentric lad. with a strong will, and pugnacious. He ÜBed to wear spectacles, and has frequently thrashed boys who jeered at him for doing so. "' Penny dreadfuls"" were his favorite reading, and to obtain this kind of litera- ! tare he clubbed together with other youths of similar tastes every week.
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Evening Star, Issue 12164, 7 April 1904, Page 7
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