THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 959, 3 September 1880, Page 3

THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Tho following ia tho statement of Ah Loe, who is in custody on suspicion of having murdered Mary Young, made through the interpreter “ I saw Lee Guy murder Mrs Young. I went to Lee Guy’s hut to have some tea with him on Tuesday evening (the night of the murder). I wont to his hut about four o’clock, or a little later, on the night of the murder. A f ter tea Lee Guy put on his hoots and went outside of his hut. I waited inside until he came back at a late hour. I had no watch or clock, ami could not tell the time, but it was very late—about 11 or 12. When he came homo he asked mo to put on my boots and come out with him. We both came out of the hut together. When 1 went round Alia Young’s house to the front door I saw a fork (like the hayfork produced) sticking in the ground about five or six feet from the front of the door. Lee Guy tohl me to go into Mrs Young’s garden and fetch three stones. Then Lee Guy came with me, and he carrie I two stones and 1 carried one. We carrie 1 the stones to Mrs Young’s front door. Then Lee Guy asked Mrs Young to open the door. She would not open it, and Lee Guy took the stones and burst it open. When he burst open the door Lee Guy took hold of Mrs Young and threw her on the floor. Then he said to me “ Hold her legs down ” Then Lee Guy took one of the stones and threw it on Mrs Y’oung. When he threw the stone on Mrs Young I let go her legs and walked away. As I was going out Lee Guy was telling me to take hold of the fork. lie said, “Watch and see if anybody is coming ; if you see anybody coining sing out.” I heard him searching and kicking up a row inside. Lee Guy was not in the house very long when he came out, and asked me '0 come along to his hut. 1 went into his hut; we wont in together. Then I asked him when ho was searching did ho find any money. He replied, “ No, I could not find any.” Then I said to him, “ I don’t behove you that you did not find any." Then he took out his purse and showed it to me. There was money in notes and silver in it. 1 could not say how much. ’1 here was a gold ring and brooch in it. Ho showed ii to me on the table. When he (Lee Guy) saw there was not much money' in the purse he took it back to Mrs Young. He sai l to me he thought there were L3OO or L4OD in the house. He also said that when Mrs Young went to the Hogbuni amt Nasehy he thought she went to the bank to draw money When I said to him, “ Now you have killed Mrs Young, what are you going to do ?■’ He replied, “To-morrow I’ll go and tell Iho Europeans that Mrs Young was murdered, and they will not think it was I that murdered her.” Then 1 said, “ Europeans will know it.” He said to me, “If yon don’t tell the Europeans that Mrs Young is murdered they will not thi"k it was 1 done it.” Then I went straight on to tho Hogbuni. Lee Guy fetched some string from his hut, and was going to tie Mrs Young’s hands with it. He put on a mask before he went to Mrs Young's. Lee Guy had a bottle of ink in his pocket, and it fell out when he took the stones from the garden. He searched for it but coaid not find it. Lee Guy had two handkerchiefs, one was a white silk one, and the other was a white cotton one with a pink border to it. They were used, one of them to stop Mrs Young’s mouth with and (he other to tie over her mouth, Whilst in Lee Guy's hut I said to him, “ Why don’t you take the handkerchiefs? ” and he replied, “ I don’t want them ; they' cannot be identified.” Lee Guy tried to tie Mrs Young’s hands with the string, hut could not do so. Then ho took up the stone and struck her.”