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Issue Details: First known date: 1893... 1893 Black Heart
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Australian bush tale of the abduction and rape of the newly married daughter of an honest old couple, discovered gagged and tied to a gum tree by her husband who kisses her passionately then kills her. He follows her rapist, near strangles him, throws him over a precipice, and falls over himself in eluding pursuers. He has gone mad. Strong elements of victim's stain. (PB)

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