OLD COUPLE BURIED ALIVE.
INDICATIONS OP A FIENDISH. - MURDER. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Australian Press Assn, and Sun.) (Received. This Day, 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. Medical evidence at the inquest on the Kirbys,, ah elderly couple who were found buried in a lane, indicated that both were buried alive while insensible, death -occurring eight to twenty hours prior to exhumation 1 . The man had several wounds on the head, and scratches on his back indicated that he had'been dragged by the feet, Marks oil the woman’s throat pointed to strangulation, while scratches on her face showed that she had been dragged a short distance. Her head bore a large abrasioniT There were indications that led to the conclusion that both gasped for breath; after burial.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1928, Page 5
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