A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
A MIDNIGHT ASSAILANT. '. ■:■"' ■'-."•.-'.■ ' •'■ ■'■ •■'■■■'. ' : '■•■< -S'^3<Ki'r^ir:'^'*<:-V^£M GIRL MURDERED IN BED. * l , ■ By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. Adelaide, January 3. A mysterious tragedy is reported from Towitta, In the middle of the night'a man entered a room where two sisters named Schippan were sleeping. The elder escaped, and when she returned with as- :,'•; sistance she' found Bertha, aged 14,., dead, with a terrible gash in her. throat, and the assailant gone. The parents of the girl are away on a,visit to Perth. (Received January 4, 1.7 a.m.) . ■•'■■."> Adelaide, January 3. ~ The Schippan girls were awakened by a man throwing himself across their bodies. The elder girl jumped out of bed, and the man grappled with her and knocked her head against the wall. In the struggle the ' assailant, dropped a knife, and while grop-I ing for it she escaped. Two brothers were sleeping in an adjoining building, but were " ; '■"::■ frightened and sought assistance h&.lf-a-mil©; away. Besides the gash on the throat, Bertha, the murdered girl, was gashed about the head. No clue has been ob tained to the murderer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11854, 4 January 1902, Page 5
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177A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11854, 4 January 1902, Page 5
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