MURDER OR SUICIDE?
DEATH AT A SAWMILL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Thmedin, Sept. S. The Superintendent of PoKce has ie< ceivcd advice from Owruka that a mmS , der has taken place at Tahakopa, EJS miles from Owaka. It appears that a man was recently employed by a sawmilling firm to re» place, another whose sei*vices -were diM perised with. It is alleged that thelalt* ter attacked the former this morning with .a razor, cuttiDg his throat with' ' ■ fatal results. A constable and doctor left Onaia at 11 o'clock this morning to investigate. As it is a rough and iboggy,' - journey to Tahakopa, further details' i are unlikely to foe received before even* J ing. SUSPECTED SUICIDE. Dunedin, Last Xighi. The police are advised that a mafc, "' named Archibald McGill, married, residv • ing in Scotland Street, Dnnedin, was found dead at Tahakopa with his throat ' t put. At first murder was suspected, bnt ;a later message suggests possibly it is (a ease of suicide. .Deceased was a saw« 'miller by occupati6n.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1918, Page 5
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169MURDER OR SUICIDE? Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1918, Page 5
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