FOUL MURDER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 48, 28 October 1913, Page 5

FOUL MURDER

A TASMANIAN TRAGEDY. GIRL WAYLAID AND SHOT. (13y Electric Telegraph—Copyright] {.United Press Association.] Launceston, October 2S. Details oi the murder of Margaret Kathleen Redwell, 10] years ot age, daughter ot a tanner on the Ciieshimt estate, near Deloraine, show it to he one ot the most dastardly crimes in the annals of Tasmania. i he girl Jett home on Sunday afternoon to join her parents', wlio were visiting another settler. 'the girl was waylaid at a lonely spot on the Springdale Road, and molested. The murderer was frustrated in his attack, and then shot the girl, blowing olf a portion of tier head. 1 he body was found in a depression a little off the* track. At the inquest, the father of the girl gave evidence that she was not in the habit of walking with anyone. She was strong and healthy, and on the best of terms with the family. The medical evidence showed that there were bruises on both thighs, and that the shot was tired at a distance of two or three feet. Xu strangers have been in the neighbourhood lately. There is no clue.