KNIFE IN HER HEART.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18497, 6 September 1923, Page 5

KNIFE IN HER HEART.

, j_; «__ GIRL'S shocking DEATHS fatecer UNDER ARREST. WILFUL MURDER CHARGE, f ,■'" I recollect thumping the table and grinding my teeth. The next thing X knew was hearing my daughter cry out, 'Oh, my chest!' . My wife exclaimed 1 'Oh God I Look what you've done.' 1 saw a knife sticking; in- ray daughter's chest. :;■ I "pulled it opt, and/ran with her in my arras to the surgery half .if a , mile;; away." \ ■ . ;"; This dramatic; statement, ; says a Melbourne ; ps.per, is alleged to ;' have been made by Robert Medlicott, aged 33 years, j when questioned by the /police. As the' result of an incident which led• to the death of 'Ada Medlicott, aged 11/ at her \' home at Richmond. Medlicott, her father, was charged with wilful ' murder at Richmond Court. . Intense" public interest was taken in the case, and the Court was crowded, r The police ■ evidence.was.'that Medhcotfc was arresied in the surgery of Dr. Baldwin, whither he had: carried .the. body. Questioned by the police, he said the child was his daughter, and that with lour other i members of the family,, she was fitting 'at the table. The dead girl and her sisters . were.': squabbling- and - throwing bread at one another. "- • -"• • Further questioned as to who had thrown the knife, Medlicott : said, I don't know. It might have been myself. , It was the knife I was using for my tea. The police went to the accused s home in Richmond South, and found the knife, which was an ordinary table; knife. They were: told he had thrown it : Medlicott said he had only two drinks that day. Accused was remanded for seven days. : When bail i was mentioned, ; Inspector McConville liaid: "It is only 'fair ;T should tell Your Worships that there is; a lot more 66 come out yet, and. the appearance of the case will differ from that of this morning. : 1 object :.; to; bail being granted.*' "> " y An appeal was made by accused s solicitor, who said Medlicott wished to attend his daughter's funeral.' : - • • -' Bail was granted in the sum of £500. ; During the proceedings Medlicott wept bitterly. # ,■• - A postmortem examination disclosed the fact that : the knife had been thrown. with considerable forte, as it had , penetrated three garments, and, after passing between the ribs, had pierced the heart.