The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-04-08 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GIRL. On Thursday, March 30th, the mangled,. of Emma Holland, aged seven year parents reside in Moss-street, Blackb,!' ld found near to the cemetery. The arins,-all legs had been cut off, and the trunk 1,1;11 up in paper. The girl had been nnig6;" Wednesday. She was last seen fetchinak, for a strange man, who is supposed ini7 murderer, and respecting whom there ig ‘1 no gt A man in whose company the girl seen, is described as being about 40 yenr, -1 without whiskers, and having fair hair, creant had first violated the girl, and the !I her to avoid detection. The head and en,, missing. The legs, cut off by the found by by a county policeman at Hightail " four miles away from where the trunk sa, The police are searching all the lEoeisis4. and places of public resort to discover tle The excitement consequent neon the ' of the mutilated remains of the child, &in, I land, on Thursday, is in no manner abaci, d-ed, on the contrary, it becomes more in The exertions of the police have been ion mendable, but as yet they have failed t,J the missing head and arms of the unf girl. The constabulary in neighbouring, have also exhibited considerable vigilance, endeavours to bring to justice the perpetuk the horrible deed. From the description Bt, the man in whose company the deceased IN seen it was generally believed at first* murderer was a tramp. Consequently, tut" all parts of the county have been subjecte strict examination At Accrington, hi, Bolton, Todmorden, Clitheroe, Ormskirt, a Blackurn tramps have been apprehended I bore in any manner some resemblmee t description of the person wanted, and r pearance laid them open to suspicion. h two instances there was a very close In the case of the man apprehended at morden, he had with him a large when arrested, and his possession of 111 he accounted for by a statement that he it on the highway. Neither he nor any other persons apprehended were idendei man with whom the deceased was last sta opinion is now being generally expressed , murder was not committed in a field in anyi suburbs' but that the deed was effected ' and not far from the spot where the On seen alive. This view of the matter is supported by the opinions of the media: who have made a post-mortem examination d of the remains of the deceased as have lea covered. The result of their examination that the stomach of the girl contained fori partially digested state, and that this food was partaken of at about one o'clock, wood require aboat five hours at the outside to tt digested. As the girl was seen nearly fox' after having dinner, the contents of the go to establish the belief that within half u or an hour at most of the time when Holki last seen alive she had been outraged ad dered. The medical examiners are do ' the murd..rer first cut the throat of bit' etr gratifying his passion, and that rha had taken place she was csrved into pins are also of opinion that the dismem been effected by no unpractised hand, lint.l who has some skill in amputation. The not seen in any part of the outskirts of or in any of the roads leading thereto, evidence is to be found of the commitli murder in any of the fields or places of in the neighbourhood. is, coupled 4h fact that the girl was sh , shrewd, gent. and not likely to b induced to p stranger to the outside of the town, hub to the conviction that the scene of the the brutal mutilation is to be found sot tent from the spot where the suspected first accosted the girl. Fifty police officers have been sett search party to examine drains, stream, &c., and on Friday and Saturday bores 40 constables were engaged in the sor Fears are entertained that the clothing ceased has been barnt, and that the arms have been consumed by fire. The was apprehended in Blackburn breight under the notice of the police by a which he hadimade in the hearing of odl persons that he had done something , that he intended to do something ele! r S earineUws.ho He accosted' the not himself showed he was not in the tore day. He was, therefore, set at police are prosecuting the most active' , and the inhabitants of every grade shoe, and willing disposition to aid the p?lice! possible way in securing and bringing I ' the murderer. hodweceevaesre,4i,deanitidga ni to