ALLEGED WIFE MURDER.
Hawbba, Maroh 21. A Native named TePeheriNehero, residing at Otakeho, hat been arrested under circumstances which point to homicide. Beoently he w. 48 at Parihaka, and it is alleged that having taken his wife in adultery he thrashed her very severely—io severely that a species of paralysis set in. She was removed to the Native hospital at onee, and thence to Fihama, where she subsequently died. One day last week subsequent to her death, a Native reported that the woman's neck was broken by Te Feheri a* a punishment for her unfaithfulness, and stated that he had put her neck across his knee and bent it till it broke. When the police commenced enquiry the Natives beoame reticent, but suffioent information was obtained to enable the police to arrest the man, The Natives did not oppose the arrest, bat said it was a matter for Te Whiti to deal with and talked of obstrutting the polioe, bat after Bama, the chief .at Otakeho Kainga,had been warned by Sergeant Anderson of the consequences of interfering with the polioe, arrest was made and the prisoner lodged in Manaia lock-up. The prisoner and his wife came from Waikato.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1568, 22 March 1887, Page 3
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198ALLEGED WIFE MURDER. Temuka Leader, Issue 1568, 22 March 1887, Page 3
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