DONE TO DEATH.
. MURDER OF A YOUNG GIRL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 19, 8.30 p-in. Brisbane, June 19. A man named Austin, charged with murdering Mitchell, accounted for the blood on his clothes and his cut finger by killing calves. His employer testified that accused left, Ms employ three days before the murder, and had not killed any calves. A Brisbane cable, dated June 8, said:— A girl named Mitchell, aged 11, visiting friends two miles distant, started for home early in the afternoon. Not re ; turning by dark,'her father and brother searched for her, and discovered her body in a thick scrub. A farm laborer named Ernest Austin has been arrested in .connection with the outrage. The body of the girl was found hidden in the scrub at Sandford. The child had been outraged, and her throat cut from car to ear.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 17, 20 June 1913, Page 5
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