A GRAVE RIFLED.
i\ fS (rit_S3 ASSOCIATIO.V TELROBAM.) 'iMI 'V-. DUNEDIN. October 31. ; .-' U •''* Nlwl> - r correspondent of tho "Otago Lyii'?- - T Tin "*" wi«*» that a shockingly theft was committed between Saturp: ; -i y .» r "'ft' l * and Sunday morning. Some - ■fts}*! a *' a Ko Jon Fong, aChirow storekeeper, He wjw» reputed to be worth a few ' *M£ " n,Jwv<t pounds. His Ixuly was prepared 1 &*'£'?* -tt««wl for t nunipnrb to China, and ' vy ylttthority came to hand to disinter tlio re- I mams. Before tl«. burial ,-ewval gold , >g : ;.Coins were placed in tho coffin, two ;p; in the mouth of the corpse, a ! (&i£,half-sovereign on each eye, and somo gold #V. Jn . *''* and hands. It. was a.irer- ' o\twned to-day that the grave bad been tarn>|y:j»red with- the srxtonV hut had been < and a pick taken, with which ( |4,..tbe coffin wi ? «. broken open. Whether tbe I^jT '..K"ld was all secured could not he made ' g; certain to-day, owing to the state of the ' fM----t*!nains*. Wy--- ._ __
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12028, 1 November 1904, Page 5
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