MURDER AND SUICIDE
DUAL GISBORNE TRAGEDY. VERDICT OF THE CORONER. " (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, June 17. At the inquests concerning the deaths of Lucy and Joseph William Wilson, Mr Hewitt/ S.M., returned a verdict of murder ancl suicide. The evidence confirmed the earlier reports as to the condition of the bodies and pointing to the man having murdered hi® wife with a tomahawk. It was shown that between them the deceased pair had £1375 in -savings bank deposits and cash, and a -sum of £75 in notes was found in a tin in the -room in which the bodies were discovered.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 17 June 1933, Page 9
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101MURDER AND SUICIDE Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 17 June 1933, Page 9
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