A REVOLTING CRIME
MURDERED AND BURIED
(By Telegraph— Per Press" Association)
WHANGAREI, April .20. A revolting- crime, committed in .the depths of the Puhipuhi State forest, has been revealed.
Kaka, a native .youth, . aged 18 years, was arrested at. .Kaikohe on Tuesday, on. a charge of murdering John Freeman,, a .European gum digger, with whom Kaka resided in a whare.
Suspicion fell on" Kaka 'by.his-prodi-gal spending of,, money and because Freeman had not been, seen for ten days. . , . . . , .;
Kaka was brought down t<yJWhakapara (the neatest station to Puhipuhi), this morning, where he was met by a police sergeant.
Accused confessed to the sergeant that he hit "Freeman over the head with a heavy wooden bludgeon, killed him and robbed him of £40 realised by the sale of gum. •
, Kaka then dragged the corpse into a secluded place and buried it. He proferred to show the burial place.
The police with the captive immediately set out for . the ' scene 'of "tlie crime and will return to Wharigarei to-night or to-morrow with accused and the body of the' victim. '
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Grey River Argus, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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177A REVOLTING CRIME Grey River Argus, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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