THE DAYDAWN MURDER.
Execution of Smiti. PTiVRTTT. Itaxch 23. Harry Smith, who murdered William Clinton, blacksmith, at Daydawo, on January 5, was executed to-day, death being instantaneous. [Smith murdered a blacksmith named Clinton, who was employed at the Great Fingsll mine, by shooting him. He threw the body down a shaft, where it was found a day or two afterwards. Clinton was said to have had interests with Smith in a niiaing claim.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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73THE DAYDAWN MURDER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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