GEMMELL’S CREEK TRAGEDY.
Oatmiru, July 30. An inquest on the body of- Onslow John William Mayhew, whose body was found in the scrub on the south hank of the Kakanui River, and for whose arrest a warrant had been issued for the murder of George Swan Burke, at Gemmell’s Crossing, was held this afternoon, before the 'District Coroner, Mr J. R. Bartholomew. . After the medical testimony had been taken and evidence of .identification heard, the Coroner said that deceased was evidently acting under a homicidal impulse, but apart from any inference which was to be drawn from the tragic events and the unnatural nature of the acts, there was no definite evidence of mental alienation. He found that deceased committed suicide by shooting, on or about 14th April', 1918.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1859, 1 August 1918, Page 3
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129GEMMELL’S CREEK TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1859, 1 August 1918, Page 3
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