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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 275, 9 August 1878, Page 17

A young- Canadian eight-year-old takes the palm for crueltyShe is the child of Mr. Charles Frost, of Berlin, Ont, and being left with the care of a sister of five, became angered because it interfered with her frolics with her companions. She determined to rid herself of the incumbrance, and began to abuse the child in the most fiendish manner. First she filled its mouth with snow, next dipped it into a quantity of water until it was nearly drowned. Then it was placed in the oven of the stove and burned and bruised, and next thrust under the stove. All these devices failing, she went for a saw to sawits head off, but relented, and hit upon the plan of placing it in a bag and dragging it about the room. She was engaged in this pleasant amusement when the horror-stricken, mother returned. Of course, the injuries proved fatal.