A Wanganui Mystery.
DEAD BODY WASHED ASHORE. FOTJL PLAY SUSPECTED. i : (BY TELEGRAPH.) Wanganui, Feb. 28. From information which came to the knowledge of the police yesterday, it was found that the little girl, whose body was found on th^ beach on Tuesday afternoon, was tbe daughter of a woman residing at Poverty Flat;, the fa'her being a Chinaman. The child (who is not, as was supposed a half-caste Maori) was about 3£ years af age . Circumstances at preseut point strongly to foul-play, and ; the woman was arreaced by Sergeant Bisaet yesterday afternoon on suspicion.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 72, 1 March 1883, Page 2
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95A Wanganui Mystery. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 72, 1 March 1883, Page 2
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