MR. HEWETT'S MURDER.
We learn that three natives belonging to Kai Iwi, named Reihana, Peina, and Maka Reihuna, have come forward and given information regarding the perpetrators of this foul deed. They have given their testimony before Mr. Buller, District Magistrate, and it is to this effect. They were are at AreiabJ, i a village on the Waitotara, when the head ' was brought in by Hori, a Waitotara native, who picked it up at Mr. Hewitt's when dropped by the native who cut it off, named Koki, of Waikato. They say that the party at Mr. Hewett's house numbered 64, among whom, besides the actors, they name Bio and Rhnatario, the latter one of M. White's assessors, and said now to be a prisoner at Wellington. The first shot was fired by Te Kruki, a Waikato ; the second shot was fired by Peter, a Patea native, who with Rio had been shearing sheep at for. Hewett's and guided the party to the place ;. and Kukii another Waikato native, struok Mr. Hewett on the head with the butt end of a gun. Koatrea, a prophet, induced the natives to leave the house after they had pillaged it. This is the substance of the information given, and it i 9 added that the head is buried on the banks of the Patea.— Wanganui Chronicle.
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Evening Post, Issue 190, 16 September 1865, Page 2
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222MR. HEWETT'S MURDER. Evening Post, Issue 190, 16 September 1865, Page 2
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