THE PAPAKAIA MURDER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 6 July 1882, Page 2

THE PAPAKAIA MURDER.

Finlding to;'get'sny infor;.ma(ionf'thrpugli['.the. police iiireferpnce to .tbe.Papaknia, the Mail yes-, 'terdjayVgejjff the- dis.lripl to.make',enquiries,.the result being Beatife' and. Sarah : was oatoe' to the district or* "eyert- years' ago Beatlie ehiilrißTci'' .and 'theDftooklemploy ment on thoTartn of ISM ;Brop'j -"jiear .yGeprgetown, .wh'e'rel •Beaftiattti'd^he'wp'in^nlivedfor tjiree or and f when in liquor. "•About nine..weeks ago they-.took, a- small cottage, in Lonely dabout'l2o- frornlhe spot where the body was found.. Beatti'e, 'about ; five week's ."trgo,:.who was- still working at ..G.ejpreetown, returned home unexpectedly paramour at'lioine, went to. the.hpußa;'j)f; a man'nftmed'.Barney about half ,a .rnile. : .awa^^Jß^e/.;JB.eatiie ;.fpund the' pajr, jtogejE herll. \'■& Bcene -;erisued,', durihg the.woman and. of ParroUt The latter. laid an-lnfortla'tiori agaihßfc Carroll, whio,; : ,atte , rffatdil/was'fined-Bnd.bound' : over ;.to -keep/'the.: Beatlje-. then) returned- to/work. at'ffe'or'jetpwn',arirl'so' • known agajg *vlait "hia- para- : :m'ouy'Bt'*?eeb]es;'-I'TfeSunday'followingi. i';ilte^,ttQisi^^fi£ l up;' ! to.'' ffffior'getpwni • j'a'p'psre^ an'yXliibg. more! 'ta Si with rotteiiiearfed''wprnan.'.V.ysiieijvJap i driverl. h'pmajate at. night bj; afterwards;stated that he had made s 'a. sflaroh<fpi^'her-and. ;thathe belioved;she.•hndgorle'off;with a pedlar-nanied Obrystal, ; Whb-;-wal in {the distriot.; The'Wbniau had madefl owing : tei her- drijakihs^habite,'/aqd'; the people, accepting Beajttie's statement that the woman as probable, did not mak'e.My;search.'.'; Nothing more 'siemß.to have been, heard of ihe matter, until about a fortnight', ago, and. about] a' fortnight M ter -tlid .woman's r : disappear. l ', ance, reported! the matter to the police.-,l"o search seema'to have been made, and it'. ; ,.was ■. by ;tbe merest ■chance that-the by was found on Sunday,The place whsre the body, was found ia nearan'abandoned.-coalrpit, up a-gully over half-a-mile from. the nearest habitation—a piace seldom visited by anyone. On Sunday'lifoi'nirig'wHihT'lboking for horses.which a man namedWarwood in crossing the creek discovered 4he body t whioh-.was. jr>in ythe centre of the creek and with theexceplion of the feet'a'nd'one shoulder was covered 1 with' seven or eight inches of sand. Information was tent to town to the police,

and smiie t'jnio-nftony.ivda.t^e. : b' , dy w»b i ievi6y.ii\'o .',.."'-..■ ;;•- >s'v 5,1 . *'#■)■! : i SLo |fut 88 can be the rMyi'' ; |aj!6. been. lying; jti J^< : ? soth|3H olpse oite'' ; arin- f |ae)d-ouli uiii|rant\if .jf«ce r; &|,ijn',tnß act'oi' ; warding oiffa blow^-?shi^hair' s 'wiw dia-" ! bevelled, and.dr'ess" parllybiFtbe body.;' Round-the throat' a. handkerchief waß i tied.prett.y.4ighi]y.,..lt.lß,.fitatedthftt.,on., tbeelbow "of theafnTEeldiiifront'of thV ■ face there was a wound, that there were ' |4.brejß.,p£{our^^^ that the throat waa£aj"in)ffO * upon \ information, ran-be* obtained as thedoo-. - tor. who made post -mortem .examination . de6lines to give."any particulars. Jilt.ia ! also stated that-the—police- have found <• .several tilings stained with bloodj amongst ■ them being a small barof iron,' bill the ; police will not say whether or not this is i correct as telegraphed yesterday."Beattie i has been arrested, chinked with j but the Mail's reporter did not obtain 'any ; information lending to connect him with; i ;lhe : woman's death". were 1 not,' soj •' far as could be ascertained, aeen together : ; preyious;.t6j;the 1 disappearance, when; Beattie: declined-'toi • return homo with her. The'supposition;' tli»t.amurtler-ha's;be6n i cdmn)ittod,Beemß ! , well-rounded,'and th'e'police'seem'to be' ' fully satisfied upon that pointy .:Wbat : •; evidence they hard to connect Beattie,. •murder'-wasnotcomwitte'd'ifor'the.purpose . of robbery is shown%'-the : faot- that.-the • r body when found'still had on a brooch ririKS, i&c. s,'.while 5 ,'.while nothing 'ill the loottaga' ' close by had apparently beßla/disturbed.':! Hall, one of Beattie'e employers'stales : that to his knowledge Beattie..'did-npt . -leavetbefarm near Geotgetbwn'(Beveral ' "bociy was'found)' from -(he'.J turned after.'the law case uptil'4b!olock/ pn;thfl: l aft,ernoQn : .;oJ|. the; Saturday; after; the woman is said to have disappeared. She is Baid to ljave been r' tbo ( daugbter- ; Qf . a dootordiiiAr'raagh ObuDty/'lreland, and thewife'of a lawyer m the'same place, but. "tH'ia 'Btateplenti whic ib.i'"-wa»-linade-frequently, by Beattie when' ih : liquor, is discrerdited^' Shewafia'ppardritlyWwell;-' educated woman j -who had been brought 'op Veil,' and' wasyafwayß ;\veli-d;resßedy bur, as already stated; she was''addicted' jo drinks Bnd.tnade fe'w.or jjo;'frien^sj.n.. tie .district. '■''''"' " " '" '-'"S'C.'ll i < The body : f-was.; «ti Pctpalyaio without the 'slightest, ceremony, "the. riiilf persoiiß present; being Constable" Bextiijiiiid. the local publican, whordrove the hnrso'and cart conveyingthebody. to the grare. The Coroners ifiojuest will be resamed;'.atvPapakaio*oh / Mondfly j -;20 witnesses will-be'.examined.? '.'• j■ • x .: :^' ■ ——— ■■*■■