DEATH WITHOUT GLORY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 125, 28 January 1915, Page 3

DEATH WITHOUT GLORY.

REGRETTABLE INCIDENTS IN

CAIRO

(By Telegraph. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 27.

The troopship Orari, which arrived here from Alexandria to-day, brought confirmatory news of the statement published this morning of the murder of one of the New Zealanders in Egypt. This, however, was me second case of its kind to be reported as another New Zealand trooper met hts death in a similar way a week before the case leported from Christchurch. It appeals that the first case was that of a New Zealander (name unknown) who was found in a house in the lo wquarter of Cairo ith his throat cult.. This hU curred about December 11 last. Those on the Orari knew no details of the affair, only that the man’s body has been discovered. The second case, however, is reported in more detail. The trooper concerned was from Christchurch, but his name is unknown. It appears that a group of New Zealanders were making merry in Cairo, when one of them approached a Turkish woman and jokingly tore away her yashmak—the white covering for the face worn by some of the women in Egypt. Apparently the husband of the woman was informed of the incident. That night the trooper was attacked on his way to the camp and stabbed to death before any interference could be attempted. His companions found his body, and a brawl ensued between, them and the natives upon whom suspicion rested, but the matter ended there.