A MURDER CHARGE
THE HELENS VILLE TRAGEDY. By TBelegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. The inquest touching the death oi Charlotte Sarah Cash, the victim of the Helcnsville tragedy, was held to-day. Edith May Torbett, sister of deceased, said she and some other relatives were, at Cash's house on Christmas Day. An seemed to be on good terms. Mr. Cash was at the table, but did not eat an} dinner. About 5.20 p.m. Mr. Cash came into the kitchen and said he was going to town in the morning with the boys. Deceased answered "All right.' -Shortly afterwards deceased went into her bedroom to change her clothes, and later Cash went into deceased's bedroom. Then Witness heard a scream and deceased calling out her (witness') name. The door was burst open, and when witness entered the room she saw hei sister crouching by the bed bleeding. She had a wound right across the throat. She never spoke. Cash was lying across the head of the bed; he also had a wound in his throat. After further evidence the jury returned the following verdict:—"We find that Charlotte Sarah Cash came by her death by having her throat cut by the hand of Alfred Albert Cash, her husband. - '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 11 January 1911, Page 2
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204A MURDER CHARGE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 11 January 1911, Page 2
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