The Hawthorn Horror
(PEB PBKBI ASSOCIATION.) Melboubne, November 30. Two arms, which had been cut off below the elbow, have been found in one of the public parks wrapped in newspapers. They evidently belong to the same body from which the legs recently found were removed. They present the appearance of having been unscientifically hacked off, and are considerably wounded, giving the impression that a weapon of some kind had been forcibly torn from them. The state of the hands shows the victim belonged to the labouring class. The police are still without a clue. This Day. Professor Allen has examined the human remains found at Hawthorne. He declares they belonged to a person of fifty years of age who had frequently suffered from gout, nnd also that the limbs were cut off after death by a person who did not possess special knowledge of anatomy. Death, ho believes, occurred about eight days ago.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 70, 1 December 1892, Page 2
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154The Hawthorn Horror Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 70, 1 December 1892, Page 2
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