MURDER BY SCHOOL GIRLS.
Cincinnati, December 1879.
A despatch from Haggerstown, Ind., states that a murder which occurred near a country schoolhouse between Centreville and Williamsbury two weeks since has just come to light. Two- school girls, about 15 years old, daughters of wealthy parents; were expelled from school for bad treatment of as choolmate of the same age named Miss Kates. While the latter was on her way home after school they assaulted her, one knocking her down with a base bail bat, and the other jumping on her and breaking four of her ribs. Miss Kates managed to crawl a short distance to her home, and died soon after communicating the facts to her mother. According to report the parents of the assailants went to the murdered girls-mother and persuaded her by a bribe of SCOO dollars to keep the affair secret. The facts, however, leaked out through school children who witnessed the assault, and have created much excitement,
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 19 March 1880, Page 2
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161MURDER BY SCHOOL GIRLS. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 19 March 1880, Page 2
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