THE TOMAHAWKING AT OHAU.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 102, 14 December 1868, Page 299

THE TOMAHAWKING AT OHAU.

WE take the foll owing from the Wellington Independent;—• ; . •

are [informed by Mr Watson, who arriyed yesterday from Manawa-: tuv that: Mr Cornrupp, vho was forr merly a lieutenant in the- Danish army ahd who some time ago was ifi they service of Bishop Mourady murderously assaulted by a, Maori;on the-banks of the Ohau river, and that bisy/liftr is l despaired of. It appe&rs ptt'^ie i :''nras jirhyelliag with a pack horse | towards' .{syhen a Mm)ri fell in with : They tra veiled; together about wheD ibeylPlached. the Gbrh> rupp then sat 'take liis boots, and while. in that .’position thp Maori came behind and with a t* i niahaw k struck him a frightful; blow bn the .back ”of the{head and heck; Cornrupp got up and,! struck at the Maori with his boot ;,: the latter, however, retreated, at the same time ffiurishing his tomahawk ; over his bead. The horse ran a way during the assault. , Desperately wounded as .hcwas,;he /contrived to.-walk to Langi ley’s liis: wound, was dressed by Dr. Featherston, who-fortunately happened to be on the spot, and although the Doctor at first did not expect, him to survive tbe night;/he was still alive when Mr Watson left. The' chief Ihakara, tbe Foxton .policeman, and several Maoris started in pursuit, and it is to be hoped they wiir succeed in capturing the ruffian.

The following particulars have been kindly furnished to the Wanganui Times by Mr M‘Kenzie, of Cobb and CoV, as related to him by the' unfortunate man shortly after his arrival at Mr Dangley’s, Manawatu:—

lieft Otuki for Mauawatu, leading bis pack horse, early on‘Monday morning. ( After travelling a few • miles on the beach a Maori came up with, him, arid the two walked along together, apparently on friendly terins. ; Nothing suspicious occurred until within a ; short, distance' of, the Ohau river, when : the hawker thought, he noticed something-strange in the conduct of the Maori, and observed him put his hand uudef'his^ thing brighC Just beforei’ifiey reached the Oliau river, the Maori asked' the hawker to go by an inland ' track to Philips’, yhich, after some-hesitationV j he", consented' to 'do, i ‘shying he might sell some of his goods.; Arrived, at jthe. river, the Maori pointed out the ford and ' wished hawker to- eross [first,’ but ]be&g‘ { ihe "refused; forded the river,: and the hawher, havingjvtaken off bedts;.aihdr>tocki After crossings he had riat dowhj and hail put on ; one boot and*; stocking wHfen .the Maori,Who’,; was' s 'standing with j a; tomahawk,: rendering -him in;-' Behsibih;; v; oh' his- senses^he arms of any kind, in challenged .^cbwt^iyr'roffiamc? td figh,t,i saying;;,**come.on,^u^hate you” jMsiorii'whoflourished ; the'tomahawk

J&ngfeyß; >®b?f*t v attfehded|% Dr- CDr $e ho&#and ofManawatu, It was ; £tscertaiired;tbair life 1 has only one the ; ' tack of .the -head altlie lower "part \W- nhtr: injured; "but! 'the case ; ljut' has hopes ortlihinan’s irechvery; ' "Several of the principal settlerain the district met and purposed going to the natives pa on ; Tuesday iaorning' to tryand disco ver/the would-be murderer and havO hihff brought to justice. - The hawker’s horse and pack have been recovered, neither- of them have"been interfered with.'f-.'"’,'

The .New- Zealand, Advertiser, 2nd December, says >4- 4 | The man Cornrupp, who was wounded the other-day by a native at Manawatu, has died front the- effects of, the: injuries he sustained. The Maori stands remanded for: a ; week, and‘when, brought up again, .we , presume hie. will he arraigned; on the charge> of wilful' murder. - If the, alleged of* the. case are satisfactorily proved, we trust that no maudlin- sentimentality;;will with the,legitimate cpiirseW justice. Example is. 1 generally 'suggestive, and one* or.twp aboriginal examples might just; now pt°Ye-Very; useful: