Annie Murphy

by **Karen** Sun 8 May 2011 - 1:55

OUTRAGE AT CROYDON.
MYSTERIOUS CASE OF STABBING.

A young woman, named Annie Murphy, living with her widowed sister at No. 1, Sanderstead-road, Croydon, went out for some fish for her supper about nine o'clock on Monday night, and when in the Brighton-road, only a few yards from the end of her road, a tall, thin man came upon her suddenly, and caught her round the waist. She struggled and screamed, and a police-constable who was close by run up to the spot. By that time, however, the man had got away, and the young woman only complained that he had caught her round the waist, and said she thought she should summon him. No arrest was made. An hour afterwards, however, while sitting at supper, Murphy discovered that she had been stabbed in some way, her dress having been cut through to the breast. She immediately went to the doctor, and also informed the police, who have not yet found the man wanted. Murphy states that she felt no stab or extra pressure on the breast at the time of the assault upon her. The police are on the look out for the man.

Source: The Echo, Friday November 16, 1888, Page 3