SUSPICIOUS CASE.

Evening Star, Issue 3290, 5 September 1873, Page 3

SUSPICIOUS CASE.

The Timaru Herald of September 1 says :On Saturday afternoon two boys, Joseph Rowley and William Nelson, each of the mature age of from seven to nine years, were seen together with a horse going in the direction of the windmill. Between halfpast two and three o’clock the lad driving Oullmana’s cart saw the boy Rowley lying on the waste bit of ground near to the disused well just north of the windmill. The poor boy w*s quite wnconcious, the back part of the skull being frightfully battered in, the wounds showing as if done by some blunt instrument. A large stone lying near was found to ho covered with blood, and it is said that there is an odd similarity between the shape of the stone and the wound on the head. lie was carried to Dr M ‘lntyre’s house, which is in the immediate neighborhood. Whilst the doctor was examining the hoy, Bennett’s express passed by, and the •rounded lad was placed in the express and conveyed to his father's residence in the Main -outhroad, where h e was attended by Drs vi ‘lntyre and Campbell. Whilst being ■arrieddovyn the poor lad moaned out, “Oh, Wilde Nelson, don’t strike me again.” Nel--.on, who denies having any hand in the sad affair, but says that Rowley was kicked by the horse, was brought up before the Resident Magistrate on Saturday and remanded for a week. A s his Worship had an objection to imprison the boy for that time he was released upon his uncle, Mr Nelson, entering' into a bond for £2OO for his appearance when required. The boy Rowley was in a very precarious state up to a late bogy last night, and no hopes were entertained of his recovery.