RUNANGA TRAGEDY
*#. i EXECUTION OF EGGERS. MAINTAINED HTS INNOCENCE. L DEATH INSTANTANEOUS. f?er Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH ,March 5. Frederick "William 1 Eggers convicted of the murder of John Coulthard on the West Coast was executed at Lyttelton to-day. His demenour on the" scaffold was : very firm. I In a statement to tuA^sheriff , which j the Press was unable to" obtain except ! in snatches, the murderer persisted. ; that he did not do the shooting. Death was instantaneous.
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Grey River Argus, 6 March 1918, Page 3
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76RUNANGA TRAGEDY Grey River Argus, 6 March 1918, Page 3
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