MAN WITH A GUN
NEAR SCENE OF TRAGEDY
(By Telegraph)
(Special to the " Evening Post.")
TOKOMARU BAY, This Day.
Sergeant Sparks proceeded from Tokomaru Bay in connection with the Whareponga tragedy and found that Smith's head had been nearly blown off. Ho had been wounded in the neck and the right shoulder. Smith passed through Waipiro Bay on his wayYfrom Tolaga Bay to Whareponga. It is believed that Smith returned towards Waipiro Bay with his wife about 7 or 8 o 'clock last night, and was ambushed on the beach at a point three miles north of the township.
A Maori resident alleges that he saw a mam with a gun near the scene of the tragedy shortly before the time at which it is thought to have occurred. He spoke to him and shook hands, as he knew him quite well as living with Smith's wife. Ho was told by the man with tho gun that he was / shooting hares. It is surmised that the man may have taken a short-cut across country from Whareponga, reaching the scene of the tragedy ahead of Smith. A hat which was found near the body has been identified as belonging to the man with the gun.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 10
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204MAN WITH A GUN Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 10
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