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A NORTHERN TRAGEDY

MURDER AND SUICIDE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. Further details of the tragedy at Parawera show that at about 4.30 al/m. on, Tuesday a Native in the settlement was attracted to the whare where.;the tragedy took :. place by hearirig'the screams of a- woman; call-, ing, ''HeVkilling me!" Running..to the whare, the Native found the body of the woman lying on the floor, whilst Graham (the husband) was eating rabfrit poison. The Native rushed away for assistance, and when others arrived they found that the husband had shot himself. The woman appears to have been struck on the head with a. gun stock. Her left temple was crushed, and her left arm was broken, as if in warding off the blows. A number of wounds also appeared about the head. A revolver, fully loaded, -was found in the whare by the police. It was useless, as a small screw had become misplaced. At the inquest to-day, Dr Henderson stated that the woman's death was caused by a heavy blow, and that of the man by a gunshot wound. Both of the deceased , were wellknown in the settlement.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19120229.2.22.19

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 5

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A NORTHERN TRAGEDY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 5

A NORTHERN TRAGEDY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 5

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