THE HASTINGS TRAGEDY.
[FEB FBBSS ASSOCIATION.) Napue, March 16', The inquest in connection with the Maori tragedy near »««»;-<» hddP this afternoon. It was shown tkrt tfa> * woman, Ariti Pau, had ban livin* with her husband, Ropala, at the OhiM pah, though the partial had been oo previous occasions separated. Early on . the morning of the IStUgiJiMfii $ another Maori ones, and on getting up found Buiatft strikicg his wife on th» head with 2. large axe, inflicting a ttulgr dfauiJL"'' from which she never she was too weak prior to her death te RopaU, ll " d * poai^°Qa 40 * ce P Ua, why . offence, declarod he was pleased to hav* u I m an< * w <wld submit to she law. The jury returned a radial hat deceased died through tojuri* nflioted by her husband, who wm oroughtup on a charge of wilful muider. *nd remanded to Wednesday The crime was the outoom*. evidently, rf a fit-of blind passion, Ropata very jealous of bis wife, who «u» young woman and very good-looking. Accussd throughout the . for prior to the ipparently bad not realised, (iborf? J * mity of the ctime he had committed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 17 March 1900, Page 2
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189THE HASTINGS TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 17 March 1900, Page 2
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