THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 30 August 1880, Page 2

THE KYEBURN MURDER.

The following is the statement made by one of the Chinese suspected of the murder of Mrs. Young : Prisoner Ah Lee, who was in custody on suspicion of having .murdered Mary lYoung, at Kyeburn, qu August 3 1880, voluntarily the following statement through the interpreter, Wong Ah The statement I made last

night is not correct. Every particular is not correct. I saw Leo Guy murder Mrs. Young. I went to Le Guy's hut to have tea with him on Tuesday evening (the night of the murder). I went to his hut about 4 o'clock, or a little after, on the night of the murder. After tea Lee Guy put on his boots and went outside of ])j 8 hut. I waited inside until he came back at a late hour. I had no watch or clock and could not tell the time, but it was. very - late, about 11 or 12 o'olock. Whea he came home he asked me to put on my boots and come out with him. both came out of the house together. When I went round Mrs. Young's house to the front door I saw a fork (like the hayfork produced) sticking in the ground about five or six feet from the front of the door. Lee Guy told me to go into Mrs. Young's garden and fetch threo stones. Then Lee Guy came with mo and he carried two stones, and I carried one. Wo carried the stones to Mrs. Young's front door. Then Lee Guy aakedi Mrs. Young to open the door. She. would not open it, and Lee Guy took tha stones and burst it open. When he burst the door open Lee Guy took hold of Mrs; Young and threw her on the floor. Then he said to me, "Hold her legs down." Then Lee Guy took one of the stones and threw it on Mrs. Young. When he throw the stone down on Mrs. Young I let go. her legs, and walked away. As I was; walking out Lee Guy waa telling mo to take hold of the fork. He said, "Watch, and see if anybody is coming ; if you soo anybody coming sing out." I heard him searching and kicking up a row inside. Lee Guy was not in the house very long when he came out, and asked me to come along to this hut. I wont into his hut. We went in 4 together. Then I asked him when he was searching did ho finft any money. He replied, "No, I could' not find any." Then I said to him, "I; don't believe you, that you did. not find any." Then ho took out his purseandt showed it to me. There was money iru notes and silver in it. I could not say how much. There,was a gold ring and brooclh in it. He showed it to me on the tables When he (Lee Guy) saw there waa not much money in tho purse, he took it back to Mrs. Young. He said to me he thought there was L3OO or L4OO in the bouse. He," also said that when Mrs. Yowng went to the Hogburn and Naseby be thought she went to the bank to draw money. When " I said to him, "Now you have killed Mrs. Young, what are you going to do?" he replied, "I am not afraid.'" Then ho told 1 , me to go on to the Hogburn. When ho< told me to go on to the Hogburn, I said,. " What are you going to do 1" He replied,. " To-morrow 111 go and tell the Europeans/ that Mrs., Young was murdered, and they will nob think it was I who murdered her.'" Then I said, "Europeans will know it. ! Then he said to me, " If you don't telli the Europeans that Mrs. Young is murdered they will not think it was I did it." Then I went straight on to the Hogburn. Lee Guy fetohed some string from his, hut, and was going to tie Mrs. Young's; hands with it. He put on a mask before, he went to Mrs. Young's. Lee Guy fiadl t a bottle of ink in his pocket, and it folll out when he took the stones from the. garden. He searched for it but could not; find it. Lee Guy had two handkerchiefs; —one was a white silk one, and the other.was a white cotton one with a pink border to it. They were used—one of them to> stop Mrs. Young's mouth with, and thoi other to tie over her mouth. Whilst im Lee Guy'B hut 1 said to him, " Why dion'b you take the handkerchiefs V' and lie replied, " I don't want them ; they cannot be identified." Lee Gfuy tried to. tie Mrs. Young's hands with the strings, but could not do so. Then he took up tho stone, and struck her.