CHARGE OF MURDER
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Man Alleged to Have Shot His Wife THE OTOKIA TRAGEDY
(By Tfelegraph
DUNEDIN, Last Nigkt. Upon Ms discharge f rom liospital today4 " Arthur Eieliardson, aged 52, labourer, was cliarged tvitli the xnurder of Iiis wife, Jessie Eieliardson, in tlio hoxue of tbeir idauglitcr at Otokia on July 17. Tko ace'jsed, it was alleged, sliot liis wife in. tlie abdomen frorn tlie open door of lier bedrooin as slio sat with. lier dying daugkter. It *vvas etated tliat the aeeuscd previously kad meen au inmate of a niental institution. After tlie sliooting the accused was found with a severe wound in his ehest, he having turned a double-barrelled gun on himself. After 12 witnesses had been heard, the accused pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 212, 23 September 1937, Page 8
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