INQUEST FINDING
* MURDER AND SUICIDE (Per Press Association —Copyright). GISBORNE, June 17. At the inquest into the deaths of Lucy and Joseph William Wilson, an elderly couple, the Coroner (Mr Hewitt, SAL)'returned a verlict of murder and suicide. „ The evidence given confirmed earlier reports as t 0 the condition of the bodies, .pointing to the man having murdered the woman with a tomahawk. It was shown that between them the pair had £1375 in Savings bank deposits and cash. The sum of £75 in notes was found in a tin in the room in which the bodies were discovered. v ' ’ • In earlier messages Wilson was described as a waterside worker. The tragedy evidently occurred on June 8, for°a letter written by Mrs Wilson to her mother, who was believed to be in Christchurch, was found lying on the kitchen table, though the envelope was nae addressed. The house was spotlos.slv clean. The couple were childless and had lived alone in Gisborne lor many years.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1933, Page 5
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164INQUEST FINDING Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1933, Page 5
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