THE PORTER TRAGEDY.
United Press Association —By Elec trie Telegraph—Copyright. Sydney, March 6. The post mortem on the "girl Esther Porter disclosed the fact that she was strangled before her head was smashed. The rumours that she was outraged have been disproved. There is still no clue as to the perpetrator of the crime. Received March 7, II a.m, Sydney, March 7. In connection with the Porter murder it is reported that an inmate escaped from the asylum, and was seen in the vicinity recently. The residents-were soared and would not allow their children to go through the bush to school. The police and black trackers are searching.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10591, 7 March 1913, Page 5
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108THE PORTER TRAGEDY. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10591, 7 March 1913, Page 5
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