A NORTHERN TRAGEDY.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST,
Whangai’ei, Nov. 22. At the inquest concerning the dual tragedy at Kara on Saturday last, tho evidence disclosed that the two brothers lived together. The elder one was found dead on the floor of the house with a bullet wound in the head. The younger one was found dead in the bush later, also with a bullet wound in the head. In the case of Edward gliomas Smith, a verdict was returned that death was caused by a wound, but there was insufficient evidence to show by whom it was inflicted. In the case of John Martin Smith, the verdict was that a wound caused death, and was self-inflicted.
[A telegram published on Saturday stated: Edward Thomas Smith, aged 34, one of four returned sol-
dier brothers, was found dead by two of his brothers yesterday, lying on the floor of their residence at Kara, twelve miles from Whangarei, with a bullet wound in the head. The circumstances did not suggest suicide. Later, John Martin Smith', aged 19, the youngest of the brothers, was also found dead in (he bush, two miles from the house. The body was crouched over a discharged gun, and the youth had apparently shot himself.]
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2359, 24 November 1921, Page 2
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207A NORTHERN TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2359, 24 November 1921, Page 2
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