SHOCKING INFANTICIDE.
(Bt Telegraph.) Oamahu, Oct. 12. Tho body of » child apparently throe or four weeks old was discovered fcuried m ft holo at tho north part of the town to-day. TKe body was m an advanced state of decomposition, but is fearfully mutilated. One of tho leg 3 was cut off by the hip, and the head, arms, and other parts of tho body were cut and hacked about. Tho mother of the child U known, but the police only discovered that something was wrong the other day, and today found the body buried m the garden. An inquest will be held to-morrow.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3754, 13 October 1886, Page 2
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104SHOCKING INFANTICIDE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3754, 13 October 1886, Page 2
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