MURDER IN AUCKLAND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2268, 30 September 1914, Page 8

MURDER IN AUCKLAND

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WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN THE ';• ■- ; : V; STREET , ; ■.

;. -~ (By Telegraph—Presa JCs'sqdiatlon.V"; ... ;... '',AuoWand,'September 29. •' ■ . . The dead body of- Frances Marshall, ; a married 'woman,; about forty years of ape, was' found . ::this morning in a i'■', right-of-way off -Upper Nelson ~ Street,. ' . ■:■ under circumstances pointing to. murder.. ! There wore .deep.gashes on the throat, [• numerous stabs':'6h:tho breast, and outs' i about< the:, head} Übut there were .'no,' I'■:•"■. signs of the woman, having struggled;;'," ,, !■■ ': .Mrs.- Marshali's.-:husband is , a. fisher-" .".''■■:. man,, at present;"'.'out of work. Bje et-ates that- his wife left home; about. i. .-. 7.30 last night.. .-'Ho-,left homo about. ■ the same time, an<3T did not accompany- '- her. "IVheii'.'lo- returned later in- the ; . evening his;.wife was not at home, but ' : he was apparently he ?.'.-■ was'informed this-morning that his .wife '■ .'•;■'■ had been found dead, and he' 1 was called; (..:;, upon to identify. rJier. ;He; could not' ■: '■;■ account for the tragedy in any way. \ I■: ' -/The police so far have no clue to the [..■.-. perpetrator;of .the crime., The , woman's ::.:■ "jaw was broken; there ; .was a severe !'• :' scalp wound,;- a large' number of punc- .-:• tured wounds-all; over the breast, and f~" a wound on'tie throat, the latter,evi- ',-. dently caused by an instrument larger. ;,.. than the one which caused the .punc-, !'"■■'.tured wounds., , -..»'•. -. Y.'.'./.-: ,, ..'.-'' t ..,': .The sum of five shillings in silver was i, , ;...-'.'•■ found under the body. \ ■ ■■.;■' \ : ■' .