THE PAPAKAIO MYSTERY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8252, 5 October 1906, Page 5

THE PAPAKAIO MYSTERY.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

OAMARU, Ootober 4. Further developments in connection with the death of Mr W. H. Rennie, the schoolmaster at Papakaio, seem to indicate that the weapon used was one having .303 calibre. There is a bullet wound on the right temple, and two on the base of the skull. The post mortem resulted in the extraction of several pieces of lead from the skull. There are also other bullet wounds on the chest. The affair, which has caused great excitement, is still shrouded in mystery. The inquest on the body of W. H. Rennie was opeued, to-day, but only the evidenoe of three witnesses was taken. That of Dr. Whitton was to tho effect that only one shot had been fired. The bullet had splintered in the head, but most of the pieces had been recovered. To all appearances Rennie had been shot while asleep, and to witness it did not seem possible, under the circumstances, to be case of suioide. The other evidence was unimportant. It is now evident that the person who committed tho deed forced his way into the house by the window, and made hie exit by the door. There are marks on the window of one of the catohes having been forced baib. The inquest was adjturnad for a fortnight.