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MURDER AT SEA.

JAPANESE SAILOR SHOT

■■' "V. UuCKT>ilNl>r ; Last:; ! NigM.' ■ The < Japanese " Steamer Kwanto t !Mnini : arrived to-day from Xe\Vejjstle, .: and Captaih f Holta atonce comnrurii-' cated" with the'!wa;ter; po^< ; 9; :a "d Reported the: story o£- ; a': p-urder .■ riniliho ■ < high seas. .' It appears that, two (jays ago a quarrel'occurredrimongft\member« of the crew, and itis alleged that one of the menj a .native ofrJapan, was shot with fatal'results;Tire,:clw ' > consists entirely of Japanest 4 ,''-the only white man aboard being 'Captain -. Holm. The captain states tfliat no special incident marked, the!' ybyago till 'December 2nd. : ; M about- 5;40 p.m. the chief officer Reported that , the boatswain had shot and, killed asailor. , He went without delay to the cook-house. Here he found the ' sailor.lying dead..„■..,An..esaimin#ioii showed that he had received one shot in the chest, and one in the groin. [ There t was; still'j a Quantity of blood oommg from lus month and nose, and from 1 the wounds.' : ' Evidently there had been something in the nature «rf a fight. It as believed, the- trouble " occurred througli tlieboatswain refusing to give the dead man a whisk>vA difficulty has arisen, beCiiiuie tho , police; have* no power to deal withjth© murderer, .whoinwsb be -taken to-.» ' Japanese port; The crew threaten , trouble if the man is kept dti board;

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 December 1913, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
214

MURDER AT SEA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 December 1913, Page 4

MURDER AT SEA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 December 1913, Page 4

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