THE WATERLOO OUTRAGE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2302, 14 January 1884, Page 3

THE WATERLOO OUTRAGE.

The cable some time ago brought news that another v. omau had been outraged to death by Sydney larrikins. The woman was named Catherine Owen, and she was about; 50 years of age. The outrage occurred in Waterloo, a suburb of Sydney. About 11 o'clock on Christmas night sci earns were heard at the upper end of the street by two married women, the screams being accompanied by the laughter of a number of young men and boys, and the women saw a crowd of larrikins bearing something toward the sandhill known as Mount Carmel. The screams continuing, one of the women went out, and asked the larrikins to leave the woman alone. They decamped, but at about half-past 12 Mrs Logan again heard screams, and went out to the place, when a number of larrikins cleared out, and she found Owei; lying naked, her clothes having been torn oil' with struggling, and her mouth was bleeding. Mrs Logan told her to come down to her house, and the woman said she would follow Mrs Logan when she had recovered herself a little. Mrs placed a shawl over her and returned home. As the woman did not follow, and hearing nothing more, Mrs concluded she had gone to some other house. The next morning the woman's dead body was found. Seven young men from 18 to 25 years of age, were arrested for the outrage, and a telegram on Saturday stated that true bills hive been found against four of them.