The Gisborne Murders
r PEK UNITED PEEBB ASSOCIATION, f Gisborne, November 14. Sufficient evidence has been obtained to make a strong case against Hairai Te Peri, but that against Hohepa, his brother, is weak. Four of the natives who were detained have been released. The court resumes on Monday. The police are confident they have the right man. Hairai left Waipiro on the evening of the murder, having been cleaned out afc cards. Hohepa denies the statement that the money found on Hairai was given by him. The marks on the bloodstained knife are translated to mean Hairai'B initials. There is evidence showing that the knife had been seen in Hairai's possession. The bloodstained coat and vest which Hairai was wearing were discovered after an active search, and the statement that he left Okuaku in the afternoon is disproved by some children who saw him after sundown. The evidence supplied by the boot is also very strong. A conversation, said to have been overheard in the cell between the two brothers, leads to the belief in Hairai's guilt, and Hohepa is believed to know more about the matter than he chooses to say. «-_H-H«--_________HM-
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 72, 15 December 1888, Page 2
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