DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3623, 6 August 1880, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

This day.

It appears that the Kyeburn murder was committed early' on Wednesday morning. The three stones found inside the houte are from 30lbs to 50lbs weight, and one of them is covered with blood. A Chinaman, who was occasionally employed by the deceased, was the first to give the alarm. The deceased appears to have been able to speak at this time, and asked him to go for assistance. On the neighbours arriving she was a^ked who did it, whether the Chinaman or Euro* peans, and she led her questioners to understand it was the Chinaman. At this time, however, it is uncertain whether she was conscious or not. The house waß found to have been ransacked, and the deceased in her nightdress was lying on a mattress on the floor. She had' been lifted from her bed.; A ,serious wound was discovered on the left side of her head, several of her ribs were smashed in, and her collar bone was broken. A hay fork was found near the house. No money or valuables appear to have been taken away, and over £1,000 jn deposit receipts, and £40 in cash were discovered. The object of the murder was evidently plunder although all likely places were turned out the money was missed, as it was kept in a place in the kitchen .known to herself alone. Mrs Young was universally respected. '