KILLED WITH A TABLE KNIFE.
Shocking Domestic Tragedy. (Received, January 20, 6 p.m.) Svnxnr, January 20. A tragedy is reported from Adamstown, about four miles from Nejbh castle. Wf A girl named Eleanor Turner?' aged 12, the adopted daughter of Mrs Gray, while washing dishes, broke a cup, Mrs Gray upbraided the girl for carelessness, whereupon tho latter gave a saucy reply. The woman, in a fit of anger,*)*., seized a large table-knife, which she hurlod at the girl.
Tlio knife struck the girl in the region of the heart, killing her. Jfrs Gray has been arrested.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4931, 21 January 1895, Page 2
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97KILLED WITH A TABLE KNIFE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4931, 21 January 1895, Page 2
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