WOMAN SLASHED TO DEATH

Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 3 December 1928, Page 2

WOMAN SLASHED TO DEATH

REVOLTING CEEME IN FLAT OUTRAGE ,IN HE'LEOUIvNE. Airs. D. Ledger was slushed to death in a block ol Hals in East Alelbounu at the week-end. Her throat was cat anil she also had deep gashes on hoi chost. Thomas Bacon is in hospital with a deep gash hi his throat and a badh out wrist. He was the woman’s son and made a valiant attempt to save lus mother. The dead woman was about 118 years of age and good looking. She occu pied tlie Hat with her sou, a college boy, who heard his mother scream and rushed into the room and saw a man killing her. The boy seized the man ’s head, pushed it back, and thrust his finger down his throat, but was unable to prevent him achieving his purpose. The boy rushed for his pea rifle, but unfortunately was unable to find cartridges. Bacon was discovered in a side lane. His wounds are not likely to prove fatal. The motive of the crime is a mys-