Horrible Discovery in a Cathedral.
In the prosecution of the repairs now beingeffected o» the cathedral at Panama a singular discovery has been made In the third: story of one of the bell towers a doorway is being formed from what was formerly a wide and long opening serving to giva exit to the aound of the bells. The lintel of thia opeuing was formed of solid masoary* work, cemented over. On its removal |tt was found that at some period long antecedent, fifty or perhaps one hundred yearsv ago, a portion of this cement work had been* removed, and a ohild of from perhaps nia« to eighteen months of age had been thrust ia* there alive. Its little wrists and feet were* closely tied together, and from the mannee in which the hands -were clutched and tha feet twinted, it is evident the sufferer h»<i died in the utmost torture.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 7
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151Horrible Discovery in a Cathedral. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 7
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