TWINS STRANGLED.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Bek Press 'AssOOUtSOM.
Christchurch, August IK
Mrs Mary Ann Reed. 30 years, was arrested on warrant on a charge oi murdering twins by strangling them at Hornsby on Saturday. It is stated that Mr s Reed, while separated from her husband, gave birth to twins, and soon after told her parents where they were. The parents found the twins, strangled by linen bands, under a gorse hedge. The doctor’s evidence showed that the children had breathed, and the woman was arrested. An inquest is proceeding.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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91TWINS STRANGLED. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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