REVOLTING CRIME. GUMDIGGER KILLED BY YOUNG MAORI.
ROBBEBY THE MOTIVE. CONFESSION BY ACCUSED. [BX TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]' * WHANGAREI, This Day. •' A revolting crime committed in the 'depths of the Puhipuhi State forest has fc-een reveaied. _ , Kake, a native youth, aged 18, was arrested at Kaikohe on Tuesday on,' a uharge of murdering John Freeman, a European" gumdigger, with whom. Kake (resided in a wham Suspicion fell on Kake by his prodigal spending of money, and because Freejman had not been seen: for ten. days. Kake was brought down to Whakaijjara (the nearest station to Puhipuhi) ''.ihis morning, where he was met by k Sergeant Moore and a constable from tvWhanga-reL •* Accused confessed to the sergeant that floe hit Freeman over the head with a, [ pheavy "wooden bludgeon, killed him. and .'.jrobbed him. of £40, realised by the sale -''of gum. .He dragged the corpse into a ! eecluded place and buried it. Accused preferred to show the burial jiplace to-'the police, who, with their cap11,tive, immediately set out for the scene. ;.,of .the crime. *■ The}' will return to Whangarei toI ;night-or to-monrow morning with the ac« • jjused and tho body of the victim.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1911, Page 8
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192REVOLTING CRIME. GUMDIGGER KILLED BY YOUNG MAORI. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1911, Page 8
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