THE WOODVILLE MURDER.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF THE PKINCIPAL WITNESS. The Wellington “Argus” contains the following telegram, dated Palmerston North, March 22 : It will be remembered that a few mnoths ago a Q-erman was arrested in the Hawke’s Bay district on a charge of murdering his mate at Woodville. He was tried and acquitted, and he went back to the people amongst whom he had lived formerly. They suspected him, however, and he lived a very miserable life for some time. He frequently asked swagsmen to go into his hut, but they, knowing his story, avoided him, and would have no connection with him. At last, seing that public opinion was so much against him he left the district, but after a time he returned to the scene of the murder, and then went away, and it is not now known where he is. Last night Constable Gillespie was informed that a shooting case had occurred at Woodville, and he at once proceeded to the place. There he found a man named Kemp, who was the principal witness for the prosecution in the murder case, lying dead in his hut with a quantity of papers by his side. He had been shot in the mouth, and the body was cold when found. An inquest is to be held. The whole thing is at present involved in mystery, but it may tend to throw some fresh light upon the murder.
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Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1253, 25 March 1878, Page 2
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238THE WOODVILLE MURDER. Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1253, 25 March 1878, Page 2
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