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;r gij-Tj 1M iINTBBGABoiLLiThis day; ...A:deliberate attempt at murder \fas made'atihe^Harp of Erin Hotel yestjeridajyjfcy; a man named .John Brennar, alias i Glpac% a; seaman t on board l^cimitar,., whichj recently^ arrived jin Dunedin with immigrgnts;.,.^Brennar Kad beenacting as cook in. the .^otcl-for some ''week'sV.^ibut lleft,liiai[ situation a wefk ago. jfl'e! wisntback on "Friday ? tiut left again 'the' 'rie^t' day! .'.'jßeturriing !he asked for dinndrl Xi )b|ihg : !p ; 'asfcthe usual tour Ke^ Wasf aikexL /to goto Me .kitchen, where: 'he^'act; ''.jlwneri, i.^ nvifsei; named Mary HaU, aged fifteen, .was, heard lo reply to Brennar, in answer to some /remarks, " Mind your own business," He then said he " would think no more lof cutting her throat than that of a young sucking-pig." The housekeeper, who heard thig^conyersation^ent ilhe girl upstairs to:-b% out %f~ th#-way tci a short time. The girl returned■■'to the kitchen to wash upV'and'in r tt Vfe"w minutes afterwards Brennar was met by the housekeeper coming out of the kitchen with an adze in his haiid. He said,'." I have done," and lifted the adze in a threatening manner to the woman,' who ran away and got assistance. The girl was found lying on her side in a pool of blood, with the back part of her.skull split ppen. On^being accused .byrfelVelandlOTd,^renjnarl,said he " could not help it; he intended to hang for it, and was sory it had occurred in the .house." The girl was taken to the hospital, but the doctors say there is no hope :of her recovery. Brennar is in custody. He is a native of London, and 45 year* dld.l Oirbeing charged by t£e police'he said sixpence would have saved the girl's life. He did not know what demon possessed him and put the adze in hii hand;. he supposed it was the devil had got hold of him. He bad asked the girl foradrink, which she refused to give him.; The girl, with her parents, were passen. fers bj^ jt is said that trennar had entertained tender feelings towards her. | ?;jf
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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1701, 16 June 1874, Page 2
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338OTAGO. Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1701, 16 June 1874, Page 2
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