A BRUTAL MURDER
SYDNEY, April 27. The inquest on the body of the little girl Phillips, who was brutally murdered, was opened to-day at Willonghby. Strong public interest is evinced in the case. The evidence showed that the family had lived in great poverty and misery. On the night the child was killed the children went to bed foodless. The medical evidence showed that the girl had probably been rendered unconscious by a blow, and her jugular vein then severed. A doctor detailed other horrifying injuries. One witness stated that-he heard the three-year-old sister of the deceased prattling to herself, " Poor Wickie ; daddie beat Wickie with a. bottle." The child, on being asked where Wickie was, replied, " Daddie take her up the bush." The inquest has been adjourned. May 2. Phillips has been committed for trial on a charge of murdering his daughter.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 26
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143A BRUTAL MURDER Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 26
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