EXTRA EDITION. OPOUITI TRAGEDY.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. JEALOUSY NOT THE CAUSE. [BY TELEQBArn. — rRESS ASSOCIATION.] WAIROA, This Day. There are no additional particulars of the Opouiti tragr-dy, in which D.wid Irwin waylaid Miss Brownleo and her escort, A. E. Stevens, shot at them, and then committed suicide. At the inquest on Irwin, the evidence was according to the foTmer telegram. A verdict was returned) : "Died by a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, during temporary insanity.'' The report that jealousy was supposed to be the cause of the tragedy was unfounded. The injured man, Stevens, who was wounded in the arm, is progressing satisfactorily. The weapon usedi by Irwin wae not a. revolver, but a fowling-piece, which was deliberately reloaded after each shot.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19080128.2.88
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1908, Page 8
Word Count
121EXTRA EDITION. OPOUITI TRAGEDY. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1908, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in