THE ASHBURTON MURDER
KISSEL RETORT COURT. 1 [|lY TKLK.III AI’tt —I*Kit I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION.] - 1 ASHBURTON. J'une 23. i AU {-rt Kissel was charged this moraine before Air Alosley SEAL, with the murder i f .lames .Mackenzie, ciuctakcr ot the Ciild.-tream Estate, nine days a ». Robert Martin, manager el th.> Lstaio, evidemo.l ns to Kissels admission that lie shot Alaekenzie. lie identified the bullet found in the adjoining ream and also identified Alaekenzie’s hand- i writing on the will and letter (prodno- j oil). The police stated the will wits nil- j completed, but it included Kissel, ns j beneficiary. y |jau R.obci t Gotirlcy. scliool teacher. described a- conversiuien after the murder, to the effect that Kissel was bitterly distressed and eomplniunig ol a terrible nightmare. Archibald Little, accused's employer, said that Kissel gave notice the day pros e ling the murder. To being irritated because Little took a krn.t cut <>! a. j ope coupling the two horses. He always considered Kissel a bit soft. Ge'iuge Henry Burch, gardener, repeated a conversation with Kissel whose memory appeaDedjpan^N^^
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1923, Page 3
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177THE ASHBURTON MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1923, Page 3
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