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ACCIDENT AND SUICIDE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, This Day!
An inquest was held today befora the Coroner, Mr. A. S. Laird, concerning the deaths of George Sawyer Robson, known as Hori Hori Rapiharia, aged 14, and Trevor Dean, aged 6, who were found dead beside the- Opunui Stream on October 13 with gunshot wounds- in their heads.
• The evidence showed that Robson, who took a gun from the house without permission, had a mania for firearms and had on several occasions in fun pointed a.gun at neighbours and his father-in-law, with whom he lived. The gun was defective.
The Coroner concluded that Robson pointed the gun at Trevor Dean, and it accidentally went off. Alarmed at what he had done, and in fear of the consequence, Robson then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. A verdict was returned accordingly.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 10
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149OPUNUI TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 10
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