A STRANGE TRAGEDY

Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1924, Page 1

A STRANGE TRAGEDY

nv Tf:r,r.r:it.u'n —riirsa assn - .. rovninirr. inwkrcauotll, Her. All in<|nost was held to-day into 1 lie oireiunslam es surrounding the death of Alary Ann AlcKcnzie. aged I I. anil Aml row Sydney. Samis, aged -■!. where bodies were found in Dunsdale Si ream on Sunday. It was enmluclcd at Hedge liop-o. Alary AlcKcnzie. tlio mother of deceased, said lior dan.'.dder left lrnile on flie evening id' December Util. aFler being chastised on her return iront a message to Sands. Amhrosa Jesse Sands said ieat ihe girl stopped at his house on December 13th. ami Dee. 1 Ith. The following morning she left the house at about i o’clock. She was accompanied by his son. and neither of them was seen again until their bodies were recovered. William Hocking, a farmer said that he was strolling along the hanks of the Dunsdale on Sunday afternoon, when he saw the two bodies lying in about VJ inches of wtaer. He had at once advised the police. Adam Kerse'. police constable, said that he proceeded to Dunsdale on receipt of the message front the previous witness, and lie recovered the bodies. Sand’s arms were around the girl, and his wrists were tied together with a piece of her dress. The bodies vnro i» that position when discovered. The verdict was that the deceased. ATarv Ann Afclveuzie and Audiew Sydney Sands, committed suicide by drowning, in the Dunsdale Stream at Hedgehope, between December If.th. and IStTi. 1021.