The Fugitive Suspected of Another Murder.

Auckland Star, Volume VIL, Issue 1862, 4 February 1876, Page 2

The Fugitive Suspected of Another Murder.

No clue has yet been obtained to the direc« ■ tion in which Harry Wynyard has fled. Our Alexandra correspondent sends us to-day a brief biography of the scoundrel and Borne carious facts about his relations. It seems ' that murder is not by any means uncommon in the family. The letter will be found in another column. The late murder has raised about Onehunga & great deal of talk about -,; f.he saddle stealing case, for which Harry '"."■' Wynyard received six months' imprisonment in July, 1873. It appears that the evidence on which he was convicted was given by another Maori. Shortly after the expiration of Wynyard's sentence, this native disap- : peared, and has never been heard, of since. Wynyard gave out that he died at Mangere, but recent enquiries reveal the fact that.no one else knows anything about his death. It is now roundly asserted, but of course only on suspicion that Wynyard had something to do with his disappearance. Accepting this as probable it would suggest the theory that ia ' his last crime Wynyard overslept himself at Onehunga on the morning of the murder, and | was too late to carry out his bloody purpose ; with the completeness he intended. Had he arrived at the farm by two o'clock instead of - four there is every probability that he would have buried the body, and cleaned away the traces of his crime so thoroughly «that when daylight broke the place would have preaented its usual appearance, and the only mystery would have been, what had become of Packer. No doubt be would have ap- • peared at his work at the usual time and been as anxious as.'auy body to know what "v" had gone with the missing man. This presumption is strengthened by the fact that Wynyard did not take the precaution to ;> draw out £20 which be still has in the Auckland Savinps Bank. It looks as if he did not want to attract notice by doing this, and perhaps depended on his skill in carrying but his purpose to so disarm suspicion as to render it unnecessary for him to do so. ' Detective Jeffrey is still on the scent, and we •*" trußt sill yet succeed in bringing the rascal i-.o jastice. We regret to learn that Mr SubInspector Paidy received a fall while engaged in the search two days ago, and has sprained his ankle.