A Southland Mystery.
.(by telegraph:.) (united press association) Inveroargiiil,, May 1. Some months ago a mamed William Chirm was found dead, with a gunshot wound through his head, near trie Waiau River, m the Western District. After "the inquest "and interment, rumours spread that Chirm's death was not the result of an accident-, and after much circumlocution authority was got to disinter the body of examination, his elicited nothing, and the matter died out. A. man named WylHe, who had recently arrived m the locality, and; who was of peculiar habits and disposition, was hinted as having something; to do with Chirm's deatb, and made' himself conspicnous by endeavoring to get an inquiry with the object of clearing himself. The strange coincidence is now reported to the police that Wyllie has been found dead at the Woolshed hut, on Belmant Station, Waiau^ with a gunshot wound m his head. The district is very isolated, and particulars are not yet at hand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 May 1883, Page 2
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161A Southland Mystery. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 May 1883, Page 2
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