OAMARU TRAGEDY

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1925, Page 3

OAMARU TRAGEDY

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UA.WARU, April 2. The young daughter ol Reginald i-load, a road contractor, was stubbed to death last night at her father’s camp at Five Forks. Ii is thought Hoad attacked his daughter and then attempt'd to take his own lit*.'. No details are vet available. UAMARU. April 3. Details of the murder show that the first information was erroneous. Ihe perpetrator of the crime was Reginald ; load, labourer, 39 years ot age. and married with ten children, wlm resided at Kiaorn.

Some of the children, including the eldest daughter. Elsie, aged 17. slept together during the night. Hoad, wno suffered from insomnia, entered thcii room and apparently struck El.de twice with a tomahawk. 'I heir screams aroused their mother who rushed in and seized the tomahawk. While the mother was sending her sons, for the police. Hoad took a ride and shot his daughter who had probably died from the effects of the hist attack. | load disappeared and sukse.'pieiilJy went to a neighbour’s house and shot himself with a rifle outside their premises. lie told his neighbour that no had met with an accident. The neighbour conveyed him to the Osmium Hospital hv car. ■ His wound is not serums. | leo,’| had always shown a marked affection for the murdered girl and this anpears to have developed into a jealous mania for he would not permit her to have associates or to !oa\e It* 1 home for a temporary holiday. No reason is assigned for Hie ( lime.