Infanticide in Syduey
Sydney, May 23. Three cases of actual or attempted child murder have followed close upon one another during the last two days. Last night the' body of an infant, six days old, was found on the road to Ultimo, with a string tied tightly round its neck. At the inquest today a verdict was returned of wilful murder against some persons unknown. While the inquest was proceeding another female child was found dead, with a tape tied tightly round its neck, in a stable in Harris (street, Ultimo. This child was six days old, and the case presented exactly the' same features as the first. Almost immediately afterwards a newly-born infant was found at Alexandra with a string tied round its neck. The child was still alive, but suffering from the effects of the attempt at strangulation. No clue to the murderers has yet been obtained.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 2 June 1887, Page 3
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