HOKITIKA.
.•-; '"'■:■■■''■;-.. ■■' ■■' ■:. : '■'■•: '-\ i'^v^dhesday . j> : - ■ The police here have arrested Thomas ;5.3fan r rformeriy -, police pfßeer at Dune-,; din, on a charge . of , m\trdering Daniels, the miner whose body' was foiind- -at. Eumara a few, days ago.^ It is said! i that : , : circumstantial .'.. evidence is very ' strong" against Ryan, and the police are . m possfissipjtt of a great deal of ixtfor-; mation, which will probably come; put '■.■■, ate the inquest • on. .^Saturday.' The , ,-; prisoner-, is identical with a man ; who was a^cquitted,4ftert^o trials, at I)un-. edin m 1873, charged withjshpoting at Detective^;;Farrell." The case is; one, Jikely to ;'pr, sent roiharkable surround-! ings, Danieisbuilt ,a hut on the new l^fush, Kyan purcliasingthe ground over . > l^is head. ..Daniels vwas supp'os;ed'; to ; fiayeinpney. He was Parrell's princfpal witness .againsi. By an: m the Dunedin <?ase; Eyaii was 'the ; first to ; tell r; 'thej police of Daniels ; being missing m ■March; last. . The . skull of 'deceased '.was/fearfully snaashed, and the body 'has. been /fully identified by his wife. Ryan has fieen engaged driving an express mjKumara for. the 1 st six months.; v . He had rented iDatniel's house \o a, tenant after deceased was 'missing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 29 September 1877, Page 3
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190HOKITIKA. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 29 September 1877, Page 3
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