THE WAIKOMITI MURDERER.
[PRES3 ASSOCIATION TELEGfcAM.]
AUCKLAND, May 15. The convict Scott having expressed a wish to make a statement to the Rev. W. Calder, the latter suggested that it should be made in writing, and the document, a sheet of foolscap written on two sides, was accordingly produced by the prisoner, but Mr Calder has declined to receive-it. It is understood that the statement, while professing Scott'e innocence, contains allegations seriously implicating other persons. If the statement is handed to the gaol authorities it will be sent to Wellington,
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8484, 16 May 1893, Page 5
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