THE ORMONDVILLE TRAGEDY.
( Woodvilie Correspondent C 6f Weiiii&lon Papeiv) Th c excitement ca»i>6d'% the news of the Orraondvilte tragedy iu[pur district h now- subsiding^ and,, sipce tli« ; t^ial^of the-XtturdererandciJb;e^.cj9nfes«i9B;miKfe by 'Mm, quite another feeling is evinced, for at first it wasTeported that the man was m full possession of his sanaes; nud the deed was a coolly premfeilitated tine of the most diabolical-character. This, however, has proved e?t6ne&i*jpfsfoQ whilst all the hoitioi Of ; 'ihe dreadful deed is still fresh in*the niemoiy of every parent, yet one cannotrhelpffefcßr ing some sense of pity* for the murdeier of his wife and" cbildreft vd&n reading the frank confessions made at fhe preliminary ibVestigiition. Some sympathy must be fell by a«i for the ., «ra|A lunatic, now restored Co a'pbsses^ioifrip his senseffand ,a terrible a > aalisg,<ipiCOT his dread position; . V]^o' wonder "fflff presses a desiro to |te hang ! The prisoner's mien is now rsaid; to b^ ope of the most abject misery^p'd he often expresses a wish -Co-join His family m the far-dff&phete; ' ;i j. « "Tru*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 70, 21 February 1884, Page 2
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171THE ORMONDVILLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 70, 21 February 1884, Page 2
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