A HUSBAND KILLED BY HIS WIFE.
Te Aroha News, Rōrahi VI, Putanga 288, 8 Hereturikōkā 1888, Page 5
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A HUSBAND KILLED BY HIS WIFE.
A sti angc and cry sad fatality was reported to the police at Beauloi t, on fc'nday morning 1 Uio 20bh July, as havitif? occmred ab Eurambeen, about five miles from the former place. Late on Tnui'bday night, bhe 19bh intbant, a publican, named MuJiael Kelly, wibh hi? wife and daughter and fcvAO young men, weie in a jooni in Kellys hotel. One oi the joung men had been cutting Kelly hair wioh a pair ot sheep-shears, which had been shaipened tor bhe puipo«e. The party were engaged in convocation attei ilie opciabion. CoHcy, bhe operator, had placed the sheais on a table near Mis Kelly, whose husband gob oli his chair, and taking the towel containing bhe clippings ot hair, said to hi& wile. Don't say 1 am grey after this," and placed the towel m her lap. She jokingly took i^p the shears and hairl, (Jo away, will you?' at the same time making a movement towards him. 'ihe point ot bhe shears entered Kellys lelb leg behind bhe Unee, causing a deep wound. lie bled profusely, all efloibs to sbop the bleedn.g pioiii«x hmtless, and he died in less, than 20 minutes, I).. Nolan, of IJoaufort, ai riving too late to ue ot any a^ibbanco. At the inquest a verdict or manslanghter was leturned, and Mis Kelly v, ab committed tor trial, as it was eiven m evidence that she tluew the slieavs at her hubbaod.
