MURDER AT LYTTELTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 274, 23 October 1883, Page 2

MURDER AT LYTTELTON.

Fnrtlier Particulars.

(totted press JLssocrrioir.) „ ? Lyttelton/: October* 21. >This morning abput 8 o*clbckia man named James Angus, who has for some ' time lived' with a boatman named John, Durham, m a semi-detached house at 'the -back 1 of Mr Olliver's baker's shop -m. London-street, vent to Sergeant Mason, Jbead. of the local police, and reported -thatia imaiii^as. dea x d m his -house.. The sergeant at one© went : wi;^ jjunirtp, the place, and whilst going there asked who it was 'Angus replying he did not know. On entering the ilQuse i Angus saw the corpse and exclaimed:,," By. ,God, it is poor Jack sDurhami" JThe-matf had apparently been to bed the previous night, and ihadi on! <his fshirt; dra^e^s and ~spck.s r *He -was' found'i^ng.face^d^o^^rd^ His "right arm.T Over^his left eye was .^contusion, and^arounj| his neck was a piece of cord wouncT and knotted, i On one 1 leg of ,hia.bed > was i a;quantity of -bloody which was also spattered over \ the Moor; i Angus, -when asked when, he-hacLlast Jseen Durham alire, said 1 about! 12' o'clock bir Saturday night, and that -about six o'clock on Sunday -morning, Jhe (Angus), went down the town and met a friend, withiw.hom.he had a drink or two, andrthen on ; returning home he found deceased dead/ On* being farther questioned, Angus gaye a; rambling statement as to , jhw J wher ( eaboutß j the previous -night, ?anc( being unable to giro a satisfactory explanation" of the affair, he was detained m custody pending the inquest. Durham was a married, man, and his* wife is inSyaney, having left him i» go to that colony. He was about, fifty t .years of a^e. He ■> was ; formerly' 1 addicted ' to intemperance, but' 'about six motiths ago he took the/pledge. Angus is a Scotchman, of about ;thc( sameage^and'has been out, of^employmerit for some time. The house .stands ,at right 0 angles to and some distance 'friom the f street, and no- ; sound of, a gtiarrelf <fc disturbance w.as heard ; oy ; 'tble other inmates of the building.' v !