WAITARA'S STRANGE SUICIDE
SELF-SLAUGHTER WITH AN AXE. A Maori named Pue Motunui, a farmer at Okawa, about seven miles from Waitara, died-in the hospital early yesterday from wounds in the head, which are considered certain to have been sclfinllicted with an axe. His head wag cut open by a series of blows, and the weapon with which the mischief was done was found yesterday in the bush by Detective-Sergeant Boddom, who went out to make full investigations. From Senior-Sergeant Dart we learn that on Friday morning, after breakfast, the deceased Maori, who had been depressed over business matters, went out of the house. Some time afterwards wards the house, and saw him totter ing from the direction of some bush towards the house, and saw him stagger and fall. Others were soon on the scene, and it was found that his head had been very badly tut about. He was brought into the hospital on Friday, and died yesterday. Surgically, the case is considered an extremely interesting one. An inquest will be held at 11.30 a.m. to-day before the Acting-Coroner, Dr. H. A. McCleland, and a jury.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19110828.2.22
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 28 August 1911, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
187WAITARA'S STRANGE SUICIDE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 28 August 1911, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in