The Waikato War Mystery.
rr (united press association.) • Auckland, Ajiril 4.
\ Ghastly possibilities .of a mysterious are sis?g?ste4 by the discovery lof a huinan ( -skeletpp :^y the side of a long disused: track near the township of Hamilton, in the "Waikato. Pragmenlß of clothing, «fcc.J prove toJIVe the body of a European, soldierv The •skull bears :ovidience of having .• been pierced in two plaoes by^ •a T rifle : Wllef, u the probability Isj therefore, ■^the tain^i-' ■1i© ;3 ''^vas f 0 - i -was murdered^ and this -is 1 : rendered the Mitf theifac^/ that i'ttie p^eseAt roatl has. L hot ; been ,' in. tuse iifor seventeen >.$x ■ eighteen,; yeai^: .Ttis evident th«oecmT.ence took place soon af^theicio^e^of.tlie.war.. j^l. correspoftd^n^r.v^tfi'S; 'l&tUfr Waikfttq .Tinies >tha r ts6inc time" in c 1 865, if he reooHeotsaHght, a militiaman for ■'Hamilton to tranWci; sorne business, ahd that he reached- "the latter place and execu ferl ; Ws/v. compaissipV. ? and started on his return journey, bu^.was never' I 'afterwaVds sepnV," Little Sibtico t htf«SW,;Wett'fdf : l iflib. I kfl ! 3£^ a.t tha [ 'time'. ' ? THfe police '.._ keep riqg'! the' |«^^cbU .;on' : ' vieW ■ at _ the; b^ v rac;k>' I fdr i; sbme !! tinie/'in.in ! e ; hope° tnat soi»e cHie't'tf 1 its identity may be forthcoming, .." "~ ,, T ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 112, 7 April 1884, Page 2
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203The Waikato War Mystery. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 112, 7 April 1884, Page 2
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