SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
CHILDREN'S BODIES HIDDEN IN A HOUSE. By Telegraph—Prow Afsooifction —Copyright ■ (Sydney "Sun" Special.) London, July 25. An extraordinary discovery has been made in a house in Hackney. A tenant on tho top floor complained of an offensive smell, and an inspection disclosed the body of a nine-months-old child under a loose board. In ono of the lowor rooms tho bodies of two children, twins, aged 2i years, were found behind a cellar wall. A young wooden-legged man, named Frederick Robertson, had occupied the rooms with his wife and children six weeks ago. The wife was removed to an infirmary owing to a breakdown, and Robertson doparted, tolling'a neighbour that tho children had been placed under the care of friends. Ho also stated that he was worried by his wife's illness, Robertson has been arrested.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1813, 28 July 1913, Page 9
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136SHOCKING TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1813, 28 July 1913, Page 9
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