SENSATIONAL CASE OF INFANTICIDE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2426, 28 January 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

SENSATIONAL CASE OF INFANTICIDE.

Recovering the Body.

Ax amusing incident, which occurred not a hundred miles from the borders of TuapcUa, has just been reported to us. A bank clerk having received notice of removal, act to prepare himself for the journey, lie had a lot of old clothes which he had worn out, and which ho wanted to get rid of iu some way, so he made up a tidy parcel, put it in a black baa, and by the light of the moon wended his way to the river near by. Picking out a pretty deep spot, he tied the bundle to a brick and dropped it in. That same night the village policeman was waited on by a young couple, who informed him that, whilst sitting on the bank of the river studying astronomy, they noticed Mr Brown, of the Intercolonial B.iuk, steal quietlv to tho deep bole, take a young infant from hia bag, and drown it with it heavy stone tied to its neck. Heru was 11 sensation, and a right-down first-class case for a constable who hadn't had one for fully six months ; ho he determined to make the be-t of it, Constable o'Hooligan, obtaining assistance, proceeded with a grappling iron to tho spot indicated. Tho news .soon got abroad, and, before many minutes, on the bank of that river, stood a policeman, two parsons, three Chinamen, a journalist, a bank manager, a Salvationist, and seven sympathetic females. After about an hour's search, the iron hook got attached to a bundle, which was carefully drawn to tho surface and deposited with an air of victory, not uumixeu with horror, on the bank. The work of investigation was commenced. "The heartless villains,'" exclaimed a pirrson ; " the wretches," sobbed a female. '' I'oor little angel," articulated the Salvationist; "welly wicked Eulopean," rejoiued a Chinaman. Iu a minute tho contents were laid out on the tussocks. They comprised a pair of seatlcas pants of the masher pattern, a couple of well-worn shirt fronts, an old pair of gusset boots, a few old socks, a crushed hat, and a threadworn swallow-tail, iu the pocket of which was found i , , lady's pockethandkerohiel, a peppermint lolly, a flue-toothed comb, and a pawn ticket. The inquest has not yet been held.