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VICTIM'S 30DY RECOVERED
HEAD SMASHED TO A PULP. 'PRISONER'S MOVEMENTS. jßj/ Telegraph — Press Association AUCKLAND, Last Night;' A message from/Whakapara states that the body of the murderrd gumdigger, John Freeman, was recovered in the Puhipuhi forest to-day by Sergeant Moore. The prisoner, a stalwart Maori youth, described as a ne'er-dorweil, about eighteen years of age, led the party to the spot. The head of the gumdigger was practically smashed to a pulp, and the body was in an advanced state of decomposition. It is stated thai the tragedy occurred on April sth, and that Freeman, who left his whare that day to go gumdigging, was followed by the Maori into the bush.
The Maori accosted' Freeman, who appears to have resisted and defended himself with a gum-spear. The prisoner is supposed to have struck Freeman on the side of the head violently with a stick, felling him, and afterwards dealing two murderous blows while the man was on the ground. The prisoner afterwards spent money freely in the locality, and Kaikohe, where, from a statement made to other natives, suspicion was aroused, causing-his arrest.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10219, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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186LATER DETAILS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10219, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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