MURDER SUSPECTED.
FARMER FOUND DEAD. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 7, 11.50 p.m. Sydney, July 7. The body of David King, a farmer, of Branxton, was found near his farm partly burnt, with two wounds on the head and the skull fractured. It is surmised King was murdered by being hit on the head with the swinglebar of his turnout, which he employed for dragging timber on the farm. The body was found by his wife, lying face upwards on a fire. He leaves three children, the eldest being 13.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1922, Page 5
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90MURDER SUSPECTED. Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1922, Page 5
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