THE ASHBURTON MURDER

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1923, Page 2

THE ASHBURTON MURDER

[llY TEI.EGItAIMI —FER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HISTORY OF VICTIM. CHRISTCHURCH, June 15. A correspondent. writes as follows to this morning’s Press: As an old friend of the man found shot at John Studholme's house. T would like io snv that the deceased, James Henry luring Mackenzie (not McKenzie) was the son of the celebrated Bishop Christopher Wordsworth, a suffragan bishop. He was born in tbe Palace adjoining the beautiful Cathedral at Lincoln, and was the youngest of a family of ten children. He was related to. and con- _jj needed with, some of England's and Scotland’s noblest families, but, being opposed to all studious work, and ot an adventurous spirit, he left home* early, and wandered through America and Canada for many years. Later, coming to Australia, ho attach'd himself to the “Bush Brotherhood” with whom ho stayed until shortly beloro th.e time when he devoted himself to the care of patients afflicted with leprosy at Quail Island. Always poor tn worldly goods, he knew no luxury whatever." except in giving, and t’« r~ eliaritv connected with his beloved Anolican Church appealed to his generous heart in vain. So ascetic were his tastes, that he even foreswore the use of tobacco that he might have more to spend on others. _ ASHBURTON, June 10. The victim of the Coldstream Estate trngedv, McKenzie, was buried m the Coldstream Estate Cemetery in nec-orc - ance with the custom of the estate m regard to all employees who die.