THE MAORI HILL TRAGEDY.
! . (BT ratEonirH—pnsss association.) . Dunedln, February 8. . Tho inquest on'the body "of Samuel Lewis Brookes,! who shot himself at Maori Hill last Monday,'concluded to-day. ■ . 'Annie Brookes, wife of deceased,, stated that after somo , words had been'exchanged deceased, fired two shots from a revolver. one struck her on tho cheek and the second touched tho'back of her, head, making it. bleed. She then rushed outside, and a third shot'.was'.fixed:.' ... •■ ;'■ ~ "■''■■ Dr. Fitchett gave evidence as to the nature bf the wounds. s • ... The- verdict returned was that:deceased came to his death .by a bullet wound, self-.; inflicted while "in a , toinporary fit' of insanity. . .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 9
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105THE MAORI HILL TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 9
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