Starved to Death.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 84, 13 April 1904, Page 3

Starved to Death.

A WELLINGTON SPORTSMAN'S SAD ENDING, (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 12. Mr Andrews' body was found yesterday afternoon by Slellhi, u mate of Ross, a deer stalker. Tho guide (Koss) and his party had heard shots three days in succession, but attached no importance to the fact till they returned to Martinborough on Sunday and learned that Andrews was missing, lloss und SteJlin at once got out to liuakakaputuQa 1 where they toad heard the shots. Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock SteUin found the body about 100 yards from where the shots ha<l been heard last week. A rifle and empty cartridges were lying ab(mt, but all the ammunition had not been used, lie did not examine the body, but covered the face and went to report at ilartinborough. lie returned with the police and a party of searchers to bring in the body. The country is the roughest in the colony, and the body will have to be carried probably on a pack horse. Jt will not reach Martinborough till the even*ing. Lat.r.

The body is to be brought into town to-morrow for burial. An will prob.ab.ly be held at MartinUorough Lo-night. The indications are that Mr Andrews met with an accident, one of his legs being doubled under him und much swollen, and that the unfortunate man died of starvation and exposure, probably about Sunday.

THE SEARCH FOIt Till', MISSING MAN, UNHEEDED SIGNAL SHOTS. The New Zealand Times special reporter -telegraphed uk follows on Monday night from Marti üborough :

Never before in New 7,euland lias a search for a lost man been conducted' so energetically and on such a large scale as that for Mr .!, C. Andrew. At the present time it is costing £SO or £7O a day. On tlve arrival of Mr W. Andrew on Sunday he olVered a reward of JDllOo, an*! after consul til lion with Ivis IJrot lur, llr. Andrew, the ruwiml was Increased to £IOO for the missing man, dead or alive.

All last night parties of Irishmen —some from as far north as Casllcpoint—arrived at Martin-borough, rolled themselves in blankets and laid on the floors of the hotels, in the 1/illiard-rooni, the dining-room, the sitting-room and the passage. All day, from da.vb.reak, they left the towns-hip for the bush, twentylive miles out.

Jack Gafford, one of the best bushmen in the Wairarapa, who is deerstalking on ii forest reserve at Whareama, 'has been sent for, and a buggy and two horses are vailing to bring him through as last as possible as soon as he can be found. The best bushmen from all over the Wairarapa have been secured, and to-day about JljO men Here In the i anges. Late this alternoon news was brought to file township that no more men were to be sent, as lood cannot lie taken to the hush for tnem. The men on the spot are wording up ami down the spurs running out of the Turanganui river Into the main range ; but no trace has been lound oi the lost man. To-day a body of men left the main camp with provisions and oil-sheets and for two or three days will re main away from the country which IS being searched by other parties Ihe main body of men, j„ gail ' left at daylight, and worked towards emunga, where the shots were heard iv dwr-stalkcrs in the camp of Mr Roes and party, of Martiivborough J hese shots were lired, evidently as a signal, on Wednesday, Thursday and i *'T; ay ' V 1 «-as heard across a gully on Wednesday and Thursday the Pf'ty attached no importance to it. When they heard a shot in the same place on Friday, Mr Ross sent a man to mquiie, |, ut )le relurned stating that lie saw no one. It w „ s lUll IJr Ross returned (o Martini*,rough on Sunday that he heard anythinV . hout tin,* mjssin/x man "" ° 1 ao* Of tbe direct reives of Mr . . uu iudiKling his father and wife.