SHOCKING MURDER AT HOWICK.
A dreadful jftragedy'^was enacted at Howipk on ; Snnday fnprning. A man named Jamep G^Qwley/J'empbyed on Mr fX>, jNathan's datttte^^Whitefoord Park, /Turgiiga. tieat HoWifefe; had a (xuarrel wifclfhis wife/aild driven to desperation, so he says, battered her brains out with a box iron which he had in his hand ironing a shirt which the woman had refused to do. The pair lived very unhappily together, there being a great disparity in their ages, and he having a daughter by a former wife. The affair ere.ited a very painful imprcs&ion in tha neighbourhood where the wretched man and his victim were well known. Growley was subsequently arrested, au'd taken to'Aucklan'cl.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18821205.2.16
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1626, 5 December 1882, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
112SHOCKING MURDER AT HOWICK. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1626, 5 December 1882, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in