HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
LEY ELKOTIIIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] Pertii, December 21. A HOKitTBLE outrage is being investigated in the Police Court here. A man named Griffin is charged with the brutal murder of a native at Esporance Bay. It ic alleged that Griffin, with the assistance of another blackfellow whom he compelled to take part in the outrage, did the native to death by pouring red hot embers over his nock horribly mutilating him with fire and forked sticks. Griffin then knocked ont what life remained in the unfortunate man by jumping on him till he was dead.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2567, 22 December 1888, Page 2
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95HORRIBLE OUTRAGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2567, 22 December 1888, Page 2
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