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[new ZEALAND fit ESS ASSOCIATION. 1 WELLINGTON, May 31. The Excelsio" Lod Me of Druids, Wellington?, has voted ten guineas in aid f the fund being raised t>> assbet the wifiof RidWil Owen, who w,s skilled by a fall ot s'one. in rive Greymouth quarry. This sum will probably he augmented by subscriptions from lodges" in the suburbs.
D'P'XKDTtf, May 30. With respect to the man Kifcto,- the perpmimor of the recent M iller s Flat murder, it has transpired that about four years ago he was an in-mate of the Dinied’vn Lunat e Asylum for a month. At that time, howeyei, lie was perfectly quiet and im tfensjve, Ins delusion consisting only in a deeply-seated giudge against the son-in-law Koggiero', who has now become his victim. Threats
by Kitto against the latter are recorded in the books of the institution, and Kitto was possessed by the remarkable idea that Roggiero was the devil, an hallucination which probably accounts for the exclamation “ Praise be to God,” when informed of the fatal effect of his shot. Klogh, the son-in-law, who was wounded by Kitto, is progressing favorably.
May 31. At the dortiner’s inquest yesterday, Kitto was committed for trial for wilful murder. He was discharged from the Lunatic Asylum on October, 1878; and has since resided with his family at Millers Plat. He had not shown any signs of insanity since his discharge. Christchurch, May 31. Two hundred and eighteen- licenses have been issued for killing hares, and 39 for shooting pheasants this season. The Acclimatisation Society considers that a large quantity of poaching is carried on, bub cannot catch the offenders.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1769, 1 June 1882, Page 2
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