INFANTICIDE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1915, 11 July 1889, Page 1

INFANTICIDE.

Melbourne, July 2.

Further important evidence has been brought to light in connection with the horrible case of child murder for which a farmer named McOarrou and his eldest daughter; Jane, are under arrest in the country district ot Karrimba, near Nathalie. It seems that Sergeant Sainsbury and Detective Williams have been for the past fortnight actively engaged in searching the premises and land of McCarron in,the hope of finding the remains of the children to whom it is alleged that the female prisoner had previously given birth, The efforts of the police were to-day rewarded by the finding of the skeleton of a fully developed child, which was found buried about 3ft deep at the root of a stump in McCarron’s paddock, not far from the outbuildings where the dead body of the child was found by the detectives on the 10th ult. Upon digging round the htnmp the remains, of second infant were found, which, however, was in a more decayed state, The skeleton first found appeared to have been buried about eighteen months, and it is almost intact. Both skeletons were enclosed in wheat bags, which were considerably decayed, The ground may have been ploughed and cropped once or twice, since the bodies were buried, and it is, thought that one body has been font' years in the ground, The inquest on the remains of The two infants has been held, Detectives Sainsbury and Williams gave evidence as to the finding of the remains. Dr. Drinkwater proved conclusively thAt one of the skeletons had been buried about two years, and the other about three or four years. The inquest was adjourned until ffie 12th July, for the purpose of receiving Professor Allen’s opinion, The boxes containing the skeleton bodies and earth were last night taken to Melbourne by the police. The McOarrons will be 1 brought up on Friday, July sth, on a charge of wilfully murdering the child previously found. It is expected that jhe enquiry will la?t two dayg aj least.