A WAIPAWA SENSATION.
SURPRISED BURGLAR SHOOTS TO KILL.
Wiaipawa, Last Night,
When Edward Watts, an elderly farmer living at Otane, returned to his house this morning from attending his sheep, he discovered a young Maori ransacking his bedroom.
A struggle ensued, in the course of which the Maori lred a shotgun, wounding Watts in the left arm, and a second charge entered his side.
Watts was removed to hospital suffering from severe shock as well as wounds.
His assailant was caught close to Waipawa at 5 o’clock to-night, and found to be a Maori boy named Tuie Matena. He was discovered 5 miles from the scene of the shooting, and was taken in custody to Waipawa. A charge of attempted murder will be laid against him to-morrow at Wlaipawa or Waipukurau.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3534, 7 September 1926, Page 2
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131A WAIPAWA SENSATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3534, 7 September 1926, Page 2
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