BRUTAL ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
Patea, August 3. A brutal attempt at murder has taken place at Hukatere. A "half caste of Waitotara named Wire Te Kuahu attacked his wife and inflicted terrible wounds on her head and face, and threw her on the fire and cleared out. The woman was found insensible and was removed to the hospital, where she now lies in a very critical state. The hut presents an awfuP appearance. It is bespotte.d with blood. A search is being made for Wire, but it is supposed he has committed suicide. He was implicated in the murder of a woman at Waitotara in 1890, and was a well-known footballer, about sft Bins in height. He was thirty years of age and had a mark from a cut on the cheek, and.. heavy dark eyebrows.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1757, 7 August 1895, Page 2
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136BRUTAL ATTEMPT AT MURDER. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1757, 7 August 1895, Page 2
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