ALLEGED WIFE MURDER BY A MAORI.
Native Arrested in Taranaki
[ISV TELEGUAI'II.— I'BBSS ASSOCIATION.]
lIAWKIU, this day. A kativi; natuoil To I'elii Hero, residing nt Otakobo, ha? boon arrestoil under circumMlancos which point to homicide, Koconlly ho was nt I'urihakn, nnd it ia aUegod that having takoa hid wifo ia adultery, ho tin ashed her very eoveroly—no severely that a epocios of paralysis set in. She wag romovod to tho Native Hospital, and thonco to I'ikano, ivhero eho subsequently died ono day lost week. Subsequently to hor death a native reported that the woman's back bad been broken by Ta I'ihi as 'a punishment for lior unfaithulnesa and it was also stated that ho had put hor nock across bia knoo and bent it until it broko. When tho police commenced inquiry, (ho natives beeamo very reticent,but mifliuiont information was obtained to onnblo the police to arreat tho man. 'J'lio natives did not oppose the urreft but e.«id it waa a matter for Te Whiti to deal with, and talked oi obstructing Iho polioo ; but aftor Kamß, the chief of tho Otakoho Kaingii, hiil been warned by Sergeant Andorton of tho cons-equoncoa of interfering witli tho police, tlio arrest wan made, »nd tho priRonor lodged in Manuia lock-up. Tho )irirouor nnd hi<3 wifo camo from tlio WaikatOi
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 67, 21 March 1887, Page 2
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