SENSATIONAL MURDER.
A SUNSA/HONAk murder and attempted suicide occurred on June 2"J, in Lambeth, almost under the shadow of the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Nathaniel Currah last year confided his daughter to the care of George Letine, otherwise known as Goring, the manager of the Letine Acrobatic Troupe. Miss Currah was young, beautiful, and a skilful performer on the bicycle. Some months ago the father was led to believe she was abused bv Letiue, and had him charged at Cardiff with cruelty to the girl. Letine was acquitted. The girl returned home, and died there a month later with consumption. The unhappy father brooded over the circumstances and became insane. Meeting Letine outside Lambeth Hall on the date above mentioned, he attacked him with a knife, stabbed him to death, and then attempted to blow out his own brains. He was picked up writhing, but not fatally injured, from his victim's corpse. He raves continually of his daughter's wrongs, and declares he is glad they are avenged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9423, 22 July 1889, Page 6
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