DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.
The Mataketake correspondent of the Reefton Timos writes that two mon named Hargreaves and Holdan had been drinking at May’s public-house on Saturday night, when a row ensued, during which they put May on the fire. A man named Mitchell succeeded in getting a wire off from Murchison for the police in spite of the danger he was exposed to, as Hargreaves swore he. would shoot anyone who attempted to go to the telegraph office. All Saturday night the place was in uproar and guns were being fired continually* The store was stripped of everything with the exception of, a little beer. After taking May | off the. fire, they burned all his clothes. He is very much burned, but hopes are entertained that his life may be spared. A constable wont up from Lyell at 8 o’clock on Monday, and found it necessary to swear,, in four special constables as Hargreaves declares he will not be taken alive. This occurred in what is known as the Lost Tribes district.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1758, 10 August 1895, Page 2
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171DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1758, 10 August 1895, Page 2
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