A HEADLESS INFANT.
Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 20. At the inquest on the headless body of an infant, Dotective Denorville stated when lie questioned Mrs. Farndnlo, tho woman arrested on a murder charge, she stated the infant was in the Salvation Army Homo. Ho convoyed her there in a cab. On arrival she admitted the child was not thero, and added, “I took baby away at dusk on Tuesday, ana went for a blow up tho harbor on a ferry boat. ' Tho baby was restless. 1 walked up and down; I then set it. on tho side rail of tho steamer, which lurched, and baby fell oieiboard.” She added she was too scared to tell anyone on the steamer or at tho boarding-house. Sho expressed regret she had told so many lies', She sobbed violently whilo making this statement. The jury returned a verdict that m their opinion thero was not sufficient evidence to enable them to determine by lyhat means the body carno into tho water.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2069, 21 December 1907, Page 3
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167A HEADLESS INFANT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2069, 21 December 1907, Page 3
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