SHOCKING MURDER. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Napier, Monday. A shocking immler was committed yesterday at Ormondville settlement, in the Seventy-mile bush, on the XapierWoodville Railway, by a man named Edwards, who had been on the spree, and in his delirium eat the the throats of his wife and four children, and afterwards attempted to cut Ins own, but only inflicted a slight wound. Edwards was arrested this morning and conveyed to the Waipawa County hospital, where his wounds were dressed, and ho was then taken back to Ormond ville for the inquest. Edwards was a platelayer, and addicted to drink. He has been twice before the R.M. Court charged with lunacy, brought on by excessive drinking, and has been discharged from the asylum upon medical certificates.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1810, 12 February 1884, Page 2
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125SHOCKING MURDER. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1810, 12 February 1884, Page 2
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