"WI THE DOG."

Auckland Star, Volume LVXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 3

"WI THE DOG."

A MAORI'S SUICIDE-

SCOLDING RESENTED. TRAGIC MESSAGE LEFT. (By Telegrnpli.—Own Correspondent.) \VHAX<;.\I!I-:r. Wclm-scluy. Ilcciliisi- lie wa* ciiilid h in Maori and .-culdcd ftir leaving liis y(Piin<« wile wliile 111' went to the |iieturo< and liitcr to a ta a native. Wiremu Kak.i I'cilii'. ii«eil -24. cnininitted suicide at Kinviti in thu" early limns of Sunday limruiiif;. (•m Saturday iiioht lie went to the jiictiu.'s at KiiwitktiwH. and afti-rwards [•ailed lit it tai'.fji in [>ii>«ri'ss at. Otiria. Here In- was scolded for leaving liis wife and ivns called a "kiiri. ,. Deceased, it U stated, was offended. I'Ut \va< ralined d.iwii U y ntln-r Maoris and a[>)ica:ed to lie in -,">,,d sjiiiit.* when tin- journey was cnutiinied at midnijjht. ''hi- lorry ran out of lien/.ine and wit ii two others, walked on liotiicwi-irfs. I'olie tokl tlieni In- <li<l not like spoken of liv liis aunt as a ihiji. and on leaving t iie Kellys nliook hniuls and said, "-J-liis will be" tintime, mate-. ,, IJ('cease<l n wife, ii evidence at the -aid she wars awakened :>y her husband tickling her fac<- with the end of lik scarf. He kicked her and then left the room. He did not speak to liis wife, who thought he hud -one to lied in another room. Later I'olic was found Ivinir dead outside the hack door. Dr. <;. .). Ficii'jley said that a doublcharrelled Uds found hotw<'eii decease, pointiiijr towards the head. The lower trijrjjer had been tightly tied to a shoo lace of deceased'* I'ifjlit shoe, and thp lace was »-1i 11 taut holding the triyjri-r back. AloiiM-ide the l>ody was found a sheet of foolscap paper, 'with the follow in? message in the hdiidwritinjr of deceased: "(io.Kl liye, Titu. -ood-bye. uncle,—Wi lhi> do-.'. Coo<l-ni-lit." Tile district coroner. Mr. T. J. V. Dun Top, returned a verdict that deceased died from t-unshot woundri to the brain, ~e]f-inflicted.