BRUTAL MURDER.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 10 April 1917, Page 5

BRUTAL MURDER.

girl killed on station. thrJ||t cut with razor, rouseabout arrested. CHRISHCHURCH, April 8. A girl named Henrietta Foster, aged IS, was murdered about ten o 'clock this morning at View Hill station, ten miles from Oxford, North Canterbury. This girl's father is caretaker at View Hill, and, with.,his t wii:e and other two daughters, wenL.tfl, cliui;ch at Oxford, leaving deceased at the house. '!■'

f"\ It -is., alleged *that a man armed ■fsvith ; & entered the homestead kft&jien, •■Hvhe'r,c the girl ■■ was sitting ofe ajteofa darning .stocMngs, and cut her tlfroat from ear "to: ear. There was no? jpher interference-with the girl. Subsequently a man named Charles Butler, a Touseabaut on the stations-was arrested. He was brought to ChVistchurch. He has been well known ilj; the Oxford district for some years, being a thrifty man ..with a large sum to his credit at the bank. If. was stated that after the murder Butler unsuccessfully attempted to drown himself. ACCUSED MAN IN COURT. CHRISTCHURCH, April 9. Charles Butler charged' with the murder of Henrietta Foster, at View Hill yesterday, appeared in Court torday, looking very dejected, and was remanded on the application of the Chief Detective to appear at the Oxford; (jjiourt on Friday. ■■'■'■■■'-'•>■'■ ' ,; - j *;,'