The Great Barrier Murder.
IPEM AND MS RELATIVES, "NOT AFRAID TO DIE," ■ Penn's relatives have visited hitn. Ho asked his mother to ■ bring his wife to tho gaol, that he might ask her forgivenesH for his conduct to'her, and that they might part in pen«o. This was done, and his. wife, who was deeply affected, freely forgave him,
They had riot spoken for two and a half . He requested his two children to be brought on Sunday to him, when the final parting will take place between he and hie relatives. Mrs Penn a3kcd her son whether he fired the last shot. He shook his head and nodded, but. made no other reply further than "I am quite prepared to die." Penn, senior, said to his son, " I could change daces with you, Harry, and die in your itead." The condemned man's only reply was,,." I am not afraid to die," Uaffrey's sister is up from Opotaki, ;o take a last farewell of her brother,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 19 February 1887, Page 2
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165The Great Barrier Murder. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 19 February 1887, Page 2
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