The Kaikoura Murder.
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■" Eaikoura," Jan".- : 29. The murder case at Mangamana yesterday was one of the most cold-blooded and deliberate imaginable, jealousy being the cause. Tr)e of Ithe murderer, it is alleged, had an intimacy with the deceased; a*few "days.^pTevibus to the committal of jthe : deed, and also on a previous occasion; The adulterer an 4 murderer had married two sisters. TM wife of the 1 :' former died^ : a few months since since. The murderer, ground v and sharpened a -large sheath knife yesterday;' He M hid made all arrangements, for effecting his escape after despatching his wife", knowing that nearly all the Maoris residing at the pa were engaged m cutting grass some miles .. .distant. -: After trying m induce his wife* to enter the J dwelling, he /seized her, and after a struggle, succeeded m stabbing her. The kniiey a (large; butcherJs ibne, r passe^ Iright through her neck from side to side, and through the jugular vein, another stab cutting hor windpipp. Tun, murderer is n.p.w very unconcerned, > and says he knows that he will be hung. The Maoris of the pa would have lynched him, had they not been dis- j euaied by the native teacher, Mr l Danaher. - » ; ; . I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 2
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206The Kaikoura Murder. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 2
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