THE IPSWICH MURDER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 7

THE IPSWICH MURDER.

At Ipswicli on Sunday morning, December 23, Annie Holyworth, employed at Mrs. Habermann’s boarding establishment in Brisbane Street, was found dead on the verandah in sensational circumstances. • A man named Jenner, Dungan, was sleeping on the verandah a snort distance from the girl’s room. About half-past two he was aroused by cries of “Murder!” On leaving his bed he found the girl lying on the verandah about 12 feet from his bed. He summoned Mrs. Habermann, and then left to bring a doctor. When the police arrived tlie girl was lying bathed in blood, which flowed irorn a deep wound in her neck. She was dressed in a night-gown, the greater part of which was wet with blood. Dr. Flynn pronounced life extinct. There was a pool of blood in the centre of the girl’s room, whilst fresh bloodstains were on the underclothing at the foot of the bad. There was a trail of blood from where the body lay to the bedroom, but no evidence of a struggle. A blood-stained razor was discovered in the backyard. A wound five inches in length severed the jugular artery. The left wrist was also severed, death being certified to as due from hemmorage. The man from Dungan says that he heard no sound in the girl’s room. Her cries awoke him. It,is understood that her parents live at Walloon. No motive is known for the crime. The unfortunate girl haS been employed at the boarding house for some time, and had an excellent character. Later in the morning, at the Police Court, John Gottlich Jenner was charged with wilful murder. He is 23 years of age, and a native of Boonah, Queensland. When charged with the murder he made no reply. Only the formal evidence was tendered. A remand was granted.