THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 6 August 1880, Page 2

THE KYEBURN MURDER.

(by telegraph.) Dunedin, August 5. Further particulars with regard to the Kyeburn murder state that tho outrage seems to have been committed early on Wednesday morning. The door of tho house was burst open by large stones, and knocked off its hinges. The three stones found inside the house are from 301b to 601b in weight. Two of them are covered with blood. A Chinaman, who was occasionally employed by the deceased, was the first to give the alarm. Deceased appears to have been able to speak at this time, and asked him to go for assistance. On the neighbors arriving, she was asked who did it—whether a Chinaman or a European—and she led them to understand it was a Chinaman ; but at this time it is uncertain whether she was unconscious or not. A messenger was sent to Naseby for medical aid, and Sergeant. Morton, accompanied by a constable and Dr. Whitton, immediately left for thescene. The house was found to kave» been ransacked, and the deceased, in het night-dress, was lying on a mattress on the floor. She had been lifted from her bed. A serious wound was discovered on the left side of her head, several of herribs were smashed in, and her collar bone! was broken. A hay fork was found neap the house. No money or valuables appear to have been taken away. Over LIOOO in deposit receipts and L4O in cash were discovered. The object of tho murderers was evidently to plunder, and although all likely places were turned out, they missed it, as it was kept in a place in the kitchen known to herself alone. Mrs. Young died from the injuries received at about 1.30 p.m. yesterday. She was universally respected, was kind and obliging, and she contemplated returning to Scotland very soon.