THE HELENSVILLE TRAGEDY.
THE INQUEST. LPer press Association.! AUCKLAND, Jan. 10. At the inquest touching the death of Charlotte Sarah Cash, the victim of the Helensvillc tragedy, Edith May Torbott, sister of deceased, said that she and some other relatives wore at Cash’s house on last Christmas Day. All seemed toy he on good terms. Mr Cash was at the table, but did not oat any dinner. About 5.20 p.m. Mr CU-sh came into the kitchen, and said lie was going to town in th©' ■morning with the hoys. 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 her 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 bv having her throat cut by the hand of Alfred Albert. Cash, her husband.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3115, 11 January 1911, Page 3
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204THE HELENSVILLE TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3115, 11 January 1911, Page 3
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