TO DIE TO-DAY.
THE CASE OF TAIII KAKA. \ By Telegraph.--Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. The sheriff this morning received a warrant for the execution of the Maori Tahi Kaka, which is iUed for Mount Kdcn Gaol ut 8 o'clock to-morrow. The news was conveyed to the condemned man by the sheriff, who found Kaka writing in his cell. Kaka received the intimation calmly, and made no reply. The hangman, who comes from Wellington, is supervising the final arrangements for the execution. , A DUNEDIN MESSAGE. Dunedin, Tuesday. The Norwegian Consul «t Westport wires to the editor of the Star: "If it hangs the Maori boy, why did not Government hang Connolly for the Westport murder." QUEEN'S INTERCESSION ASKED : FOR. ,
Dunedin, Tuesday. The citizens have subscribed funds for a cablegram which the Mayor, Mr. Burnett, this morning dispatched to Maggie Papakura requesting her to get Queen Mary to intercede on behalf of Kaka on the ground of the jury't strong recommendation to mercy on account of his youth. THE VICTIM'S AGE. |. Timaru, Last Night. It appeals that it is a mistake to suppose that the m»n killed by ths Maori youth Kaka was an old man. His parents reside at Timaru, and say he was only 48 years of age. Hi mother says her son was of a quiet disposition. MURDERED MAN'S PARENTS. "I AM NOT ABOVE CABINET." Timaru, Last Night. This morning a Timaru Post representative waited upon Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman, old age pensioners, aged 84 and 72 years respectively, living at Timaru, parents of John Freeman, murdered in the Puhipuhi bush by the Maori youth Tahi Kaka. The pressman expressed the sympathy of the New Zealand Prese in their sad bereavement, and sought a message of intercession from the Freemans to Cabinet on behalf of the Maori.
The parents were in tears, and the old man finally replied: "John was a good and honest lad. He died cruelly. Cabinet has twice decided that there are no points upon which mercy can be shown. I am not above Cabinet. I cannot interfere."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 333, 21 June 1911, Page 5
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342TO DIE TO-DAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 333, 21 June 1911, Page 5
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