“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31097, 28 June 1966, Page 16

“The Press” In 1866

June 28 MAUNGATAPU MURDERS. The following extracts we take from the “Nelson Colonist” of the 22nd inst.: The pack-horse which belonged to the four missing men was first tracked on Tuesday, near to a ravine about one and a-half miles on this side of Franklyn’s flat, and then the traces disappeared. Yesterday the horse was found down in the gorge shot, with the pack-saddle on, and the swag attached to it Three men, who were apprehended on Tuesday, as well as the man Levy, who was taken last Monday night are believed to be the murderers of Mr Dobson, and are the men wanted at the Grey on the charge

of intending to commit a felony on Fox, the storekeeper, for who poor Dobson was mistaken, and no doubt shot, and his body disposed of . . . Every person who arrives from Franklyn’s says that the excitement among the searching party is at the highest point As time passes, and no result is attained, the indignation of the. disappointed searchers is proportionately increased. A person from the Maungatapu stated last evening that the searching party declare if they do not find the lost men they will come down in a body and demand permission of the Government to take back Levy, and compel him, with a rope around his neck, to disclose the spot where the bodies are secreted.