A SHOCKING DEATH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 24 July 1884, Page 2

A SHOCKING DEATH.

Further particulars have been received respecting the horrible death m_ the bush of a man named Qrinion, whose. body" was recently found at Donovon's Creek, above Mnrysville, (Victoria), in a dreadfully •mutilated condition, having been torn to pieces by the wild dogs and native cats. On receipt of tho news respecting the finding of the body, Constable Woods, of Marysville, immediately left accompanied by five volunteers," and upon arriving at the spot a horrible spectacle met their gaze, the body being half clad and in an advanced state of decomposition, and minus the head and legs. Diligent search was made by the constable to find the head and legs but without avail. The mutilated trunk of the unfortunate man was put into an old sluice'oox and buried on the spot. The small gunyali in which the.deceased lived was only six by four feet, and upon the constable crawling into the place, the only utensil found was a hilly can, which contained some water, and which had evidently been placed upon the fire to boil, The only article of consumption found was a bag containing about four pounds of flour. The deceased, who was sixty-three years of age, was a native of Dublin, He lived a solitary life and avoided all association. It is thought that he died from starvation,