THE KAIMATA TRAGEDY.
VERDICT AT THE INQDEST, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Ingle wood, Last Night. After hearing evidence at the inquest on the bodies of the victims of the Kfimata tragedy, the Coroner returned the following verdict:—(1) That Edward Julian, Gladys Eva Julian, and Frank Smith were murdered at 3 a.m. on August 14th, 1913. (2) That the evidence is not sufficient to prove conclusively whether they all died from blows on the body administered by some heavy blunt instrument, or Whether they were rendered unconscious thereby atfa subse--quently burnt to death in the house of Frederick John Virgin. (3) I find that Frederick John Virgin administered the blows on the three above-named persons, and that the evidence strongly indicates that Virgin wilfully set fire to the house Immediately afterwards, whereby all t%ee bodies were burnt. (4y The evidence tends to show that Virgin had suddenly lost his reason tlirough worry and want of sleep. It is proved that all parties were' on friendly terahs up to the time of retiring to rest on the night of August 13th. \
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 August 1913, Page 7
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178THE KAIMATA TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 August 1913, Page 7
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