Suicide at Omahu

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 114, 19 March 1891, Page 4

Suicide at Omahu

■A^ &AORI SHOiSTSniHIMSEIiiP IN .■^:;i:: ; THE :XDEME?CERY; j-.-jOjirFrMay evening last a; native^ named -Xharav~ : Tekaere. ;cp^tQitted . at r OmahU by shooting, himself ihltte throat. 'THe^ccurrence' 5 iook : pl^ce in the J Maori 'biifidi^'.grbuh'd. ii'»The> 'deceased was a ssplendid specimen of his race.^-He was i over -six^ieet ;in -heightr and measured . ;twenfiyith'ree ih'che's'lacrossith'e'sndulders. ■■- Itiappears" thac?lie:-ha'd continued quarrels wifchj;his'; father ,r^ho, is ; , much |. given lo 'dEmk-.r'jQnfciof tljesefquarreisbccurredon ■•f^idayV'after lie' said, ;' r \y ell, that asthe_ last row jou, will haye u wltli me? 3Ha|hen r ,went". 'JoutlalQd-Vmeetiing, a : : frieua ■ t'ol'd: him to; look 7 aftie^r and cart -f^S^btiyeV thmgsras^h'e^infen'ded to do "stfrn^thmg. ThestfrieridaSsked 1 - -wßat »it Vas, but he said,- 'Never mind.' .He fiton^took hisgun^ r aiid''got uj»iilie hill at "thßjJback of l the^cemeferyf^ iHSfifed two ".shpis;.and: was thefarJieard^o, .sing a Maori <d«athj song. His : , friendSi -took no .notice, .•a's >^ey" thought ,'he: .amusing : himself. Then : lie .firecl another shot. He^. did Jiot r.et i urn r/ home,,,and. in the : mormifg'^ his~ b'ody^'wa's ; toiind 'near the icSßfeteiiy.'v The 'gun' with 1 hvhich he- had i -the 'rtfsh' act '^was 'found near. iT rhe-barrel was ?plitßrigbti.d6whj:and the T^tqekisbrpken.,; ilt'fis surmised; : that he placed the stock •on the ground, and put . his ry chin r-.on. jthe | barrel f as ' tKe" shot •■•en%r^d^under't£ie-chin aridjwent^^ through '•tEi v tpp^^ of -his _Kead. , .Death .couldj not '/Jiift^Shsu^^ : for #eniiy ' yards; fWiitid -w^ere'-he -had : t.t.ruggled;a;fter ' tire "shot* was :fire'd.' ; -The . (|fia7i ; el"is supposed' to "be the reason foi • if'l'v^M'/; ■ He* w^s^_ w'eU liked by, all- whe Jkii^w'iiim, and belonged to Broughton's 1?&. News.. ;! ,