Horrible Murder in Samoa

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 64, 7 November 1885, Page 2

Horrible Murder in Samoa

: (FII irXITID PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) , ' Avck-AND. November 6. : News has been received via Fiji of a terrible tragedy at Apia, Samoa: A French trader named: BL Foy and ' h_a native wife have been found . murdered. - Several bags of gold and silver belonging to St. Foy were found in possession of a Pole named Cholewa, and the latter has been appro-- | bended. There waa not much evidence ' against the prisoner, and he has settled the question of guilt by hanging himself in the gaol. Tho affair has caused * a great sensation. „ -■■

' A traveller in a Mahomedan country hjsd occasion to visit a. bank in d certain town for the purpose of cashing a letter of credit. He found the bank. The doors were open. There was a hasp of mosrev behind the counter, but no One in charge. He could see no banker; but^at last he. found him —next door, having a yarn and' " a smoke with a friend. " Can • y_i leave your money unprotected like this ?"* inquired the traveller. .-. « It's all iright,"replied the follower of Mahomet;; 1* don'f_k be alarmed. There's not a ()hristianP within thirty miles of us." Jh* York ia '■ responsible for this. . , *;' ; . The advertisement of Messrss Norton ft Devereiix's Colorado l_i___relis appears in ' another oolumh. ' i As" the name implies C'the company is an American Cue, ahd -_ r we base our calculations upon the flatter-, i ing Press notices, beforp us, w* can safely promisethe public of Feilding a sterling treat. TJfe company have been playing .. to crowded houses in , Wanganui and Marton, and have been most 'successful in obtaining the good opinion of both Press * and phblic. Theyplay here two nights, •tub., Monday and Tuesday,, and it, is to be hoped that the public : will support thimi It is not often that a company y 6f li" arti»ts, as;the Coioradosare, can'Sffonftoi come to country towns. The . prioes arereasonable, being 3s and 2s.