Latest Confession.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3737, 16 December 1880, Page 2

Latest Confession.

At the Supreme Court the Tuhi murder case was resumed. Jn addition to the previous confessions which have been made to the public, Constable Taylor, stationed at Opunake gave the following statement, which was made to him by Tuhi two days after the inquest was held. Tuhi said as follows :—" I know that I come to some sudden death in consequence of some dream I had, I saw a man felling a tree on the top of my whare, and the whare came down with the exception of two posts, one at each end, and the ridge pole. I knew it was a dream of sudden death either for me or some younger relation, I now know that that dream-concerns myself." He also stated, " I had no intention of killing the woman when I left. When we met I said, • Where did you come from,' she did not understand: me, I continued to ask her. The woman spoke in English, and I did not under stand her, she was frightened and gave me money, giving me six shillings and fourpence. 1 was on my horse at this time when I received the money, she said she would tell the soldiers about me. I was afraid of my crime of taking the money from the woman. I got off my horse and tied it to a flax bush. The woman ran away when ■he saw me tie up the horse. I xan after her, threw her down on the ground and choked or strangled her so that she would die. I let her go, and a littie while after she rose up. I then ran to her, and cut (or stabbed) her throat. I took her by the back of the neck, and drove her along so that she might be a distance from the road. When she bad gone a distance she fell and I also. I dragged her to a place where there was a large quantity of flax, and there hid her. I then went to catch my horse, and heard Honi Fihama's buggies going along the road. When they had passed I caught my horse and went. That's all."