MAORI TRAGEDY
THBEE BOYSJIID BEAD KILLED IN THEIR BEDS (P.A.) WANGANUI, May 12. Three Maori boys were found dead with axe wounds in the head at a house in Putiki, a Wanganui suburb, late last night. A Maori woman who was admitted to hospital with an axe wound in the head, is believed to have been responsible. The victims were:— Boro Te Wiri, aged five, and his brothers, Rangi (seven) and Rukuwai (11). Mrs Alice Te Patu, aged 48, of Bell Block, Taranaki, is in hospital. The boys were nephews of William Emia, who brought them to Wanganui two months ago, when their father died. Their mother has been an inmate of the Hamilton Hospital for the past six months. Mrs Te Patu, a niece of Emia, has been under medical treatment at Wanganui. and came to the house a week ago. Emia and his wife were out for the evening, leaving Mrs Te Patu in charge of the boys, who werein bed, and were apparently killed in their sleep. The tragedy was discovered by Mrs Emia. shortly after 11 o'clock.
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Evening Star, Issue 25173, 12 May 1944, Page 2
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181MAORI TRAGEDY Evening Star, Issue 25173, 12 May 1944, Page 2
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