A WOMAN'S BODY FOUND IN A SACK.
(BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASfiOCUTI«N).
DdNEDiNi this day. In February last) a woman named MatsOn, 40 years of age mysteriously disappeared at Pomahakal Matson, her husband, was engaged in rabbiting, and the couple had been separated for some time, the woman having taken oub a maintenance order ok tho advice of friends. The woman proceeded t» the place a few days later. Subsequently her clothes were found in a bundle in the river, but all search for the body failed. The husband being questioned said thab on coming home from work he found his wife gone, with all her things. The body of the womnn has now been found tied up in a sack, which shows thab there lias been foul play. As soon as the police geb to the locality some arrests will be made.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 157, 6 July 1896, Page 2
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