THE NORTH OTAGO MURDER
(SPECIAL TO "71172 CKKSS "l . DUNEDIX, May SO. ' The usual ridiculous crop of imiiours has arisen lyith the fa;n;t'o cf the- poiico to find au.v trace, dead or alive, of Oswald i.layliciv, who „s '.vented on a chargo of murdering ?>i r JiurJte at Kakantii'. o:ie totally unfounded report is that May hew hail a quarrel with his vjcwj';t some d:iys bc-'oie the- imtrder. 'ilie fact is.that the iJiii'lves knew -Mayhew from the tact A;iy that on two earlier occasions) they had given him candles and some ether necessaries of which ho was short. The search for May hew still continues, though tlie posse of police is not now so large, and the police are convinced that he is dead by his own hand. A few years at Palmerstou North he attempted to kill himself by cutting the wrist artery.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16217, 21 May 1918, Page 4
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