THE MAORI HILL TRAGEDY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10068, 9 February 1909, Page 4

THE MAORI HILL TRAGEDY.

1 (I*ek Association.) Uunedin. February 3. L'iie on the body of >anu:?.l Lv.Ti> Hro-.-kcs. who shot himself at Maori i^ill v.-l Monday. was concluded to-day. Annie Brookes, wife of deceased, stated • ha: after some words had been exchanged. • K tired two shots from a revolver. C'ae s:tul.-i her 0:1 the cheek and the scOui-d lou.hed the back ot her head, making bleed. Then she rushed outside. '-•'Hi tl.ird ihot was fired. Dr Fitchejfsaid tiivrc v. ere three wounds l about- Mrs r»rv«>.:-.s hv'ad. One wound was inimediat' I\ in front of the leu ear. a round rariciuivd wound, with a good deal of cnarnrsg <>f i?ie surrounding skill. Hie >cvonc was a triangular lacerated wound di;u-j.y below the left eye, and the ::.:rLi was or. the back of the head on the ri-ru; j-ido. The wound near the ear and t - ; a; !' *_l■ • *.v the eye wore in communication. He *.«.-: - ;ciiKicd these wounds ha<l been • by a bullet, which entered in front th*: oar. glaiued ofi the bone, and beneath the eye. The wound at ;h:- ":*uok ox the head was a longitudinal abrasion, suvh as might have been caused by a bullet- glancing- over the skin. The jury returned a verdict that deceased came by y±< death from a bullet- wound self-inhictt.-d. while in a temporary fit of insanity.