A DESPICABLE TRICK.

Evening Star, Issue 4060, 1 March 1876, Page 3

A DESPICABLE TRICK.

Someone in Auckland has been trying to get up a scare by making people think that another Wamwrjght was in their midst. The 1 S utl em Cross thus tells the story : — “ A. sensation in a small way was created in Symonds street early ou Sunday m rning, in front of St Sepulchre’s Church. It appears that a milkman was driving'down Symonds street between seven and eight o clock, for the purpose of serving his customers, when his cart jolted heavily, the wheel having evidently parsed over some bulky thing oa the st eet. On looking round, he ob served a large parcel wrapped in paper, which had been passed over, and what appeared to be bones protruding from the rent paper. He stopped his cart and examined the parcel, when he found that -a quantity of human bones had been wrapped in a piece of paper and tied up. In the parcel was a note, well written, in apparently a female baud, as follows: —* This is all that remains of him. Gve them to Sarah, as she loved him most, and I am sorsy that I hwe done it. Sarah Jane.’ While the milkman was in a state of consternation as to what should be done under the circumstances, Major Green came forward for the purpose of. attending the early communion in St. Sepulchre’s Church. Mr Walker, the sexton, was then called, and Major Green stood sentry over the bundle of bones a nwssenger went for Constable Clarke. The b A nes consisted of seve al portions of a human skull,' several ribs, several vertebras, and a considerable number of broken bones belonging to various parts of the body. They were all, save portions of the skull, itt a state bf great decay. Major Grren was of opinion that the lower bones had been subjected to the action of quicklime, but A more careful examination snows that the evidences of decay observed are due J® the bones been long buried. Constable Clark, on his arrival, took charge of ttier bones, and conveyed them to the Central Polica station, where they now lie They are evidently bones which have been dug or ploughed up, and placed where’ they were found for the purpose of creating a sensation w ounc K trick is a contemptible one, and it is to be regretted that the author is not fouud out, so that hj s name might bo subjected to that od tun in which it deserves to rest,”