THE TOWITTA TRAGEDY.
FOBTHKR DEVELOPMENTS. x " . Received 11,1.10 am. PTO PRKBS ASSOCIATION, Ajjelaidi, January 10. At the inquest, Mary Schippan, who was sleeping with her sister Bertha on < 'the night of the tragedy, was examined. The solicitor appearing for the Schippan ' family asked that she be cautioned, as ■ she stood in a suspicious position. Mary repeated the story about a man lying across the bed, and subsequent events. She accounts for the blood stained knife found in a cupboard as one used in skinning parrot*, and she dmitted that a portion of tee bloodstained blouse produced was hers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 11 January 1902, Page 3
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98THE TOWITTA TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 11 January 1902, Page 3
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