MURDERED BY A SISTER

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1753, 6 September 1886, Page 2

MURDERED BY A SISTER

A vpry singular and sad oecorrMiee is reported from. Cork The victim it a ynniitf m-»n named Brophv, and the ac<nsed his own sister, lioth parties hfinff vnnnff.- It anpearfi the brother «nd sister resided »•> »h#» North p*rt of the ri'v. a»»d on S»'nrl:»v 'noming, Jimr 20. the i)o1i«-» w»-n» infoimed hy the Rrs'er. t.finfc her »>rother was lyinf i'ljiiH'd in t%e hon-««\ mid «ppe«r»»d to have l»e^n i'l treated. Tin* police discovered a shocking specteda On P'^eritii! the h<<nsf> they saw a man qui^ nnked 'yin» in a pool of t'lood ; hi« heftd and holy wen* deeply nciimd with wonnds. Hud he lay n>vons»HHH H<- wis ivmov.-i t.t tho N >rth t'>fsr>* n>rv, n-"J it was f'>irid tli.it the >;ii;e!<t \\a\ f\<:vit»-\< woxhls, iuUieted

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apparently with a knife. On the fece were several deep gashes, and the tongue even was slashed. A bloodstained knife was found on the pre raises, and there appeared to be evidence of a struggle. Tbe sister could give no clear account of the affair, tinl she police think that she must have attacked her unfortunate brother, who was somewhat younger than she, while he was lying in bed, and inflicted these desperate wounds. On Bnnday the injured man, for whom no hopes whatever had been entertained, died in the hospital. An inquest was opened on Monday on the body. It appeared from the evidence of the brother of Brophy, who discovered the body on his return horn« on Friday sight, that his sister and deceased had been on bad terms for three months. She would not prepare his meals, and used to irritate him. When she wa« asked what had happened to her brother, she said two boys brought him to the door in that condition and ran away. The jury returned a verdict of " Willful murder" against Mary Brophy.