CHINAMAN MURDERED.

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1922, Page 4

CHINAMAN MURDERED.

A WANGANUI MYSTERY. V, A\; A \ UI, June 1. -W a ’.ate hoii- I-?.’ mgM the body of a < T ag.'il 62, was "(Him! on til- 1 rnmlUdc ;! j Longacre R ».’d. miles from town, with bullThe [ (• o-. inv.'^tno- to-day convim rd tio::: ihr.t the rase was one of murder. ’] in- scene of the ni’irder was a wharo utnufed :u the corner paddock of a ‘luakri L ir-b ii. Evidently the man was diol in cold blood :t< he w.dked to open 'hr d<M.r in response to a knock. The .voumled man must have then made towmds a neighbour's, leaving a trial of blood on the trek. Fimillv he exident'y ro!>np<.-d on the road as there was a big [ lof blood there. Seeming!v, the murderer picked up his victim al this spot, ami carried him some distance Ugwu the road, where- the body was found with th" legs placed together mid aims folded across the The v. h«.]e affairs is shroulded in mvsLery. Stewartsm:, nearby settler, declared, that l.v heard four shots in quick succession. Tho victim was a most inoffensive man am! had resided in the Dominion for ninny \ears. At one time he was on the goldfields near hevnioiiih. lie accumulated wealth ami piobabiy robbery w s the motive if Ik(lime, rho.i,.,h nothing apparently is missing. ROBBERY THE MOTIVE. FOUR BULLETS IN THE HEAD. WANGANUI, June 1. A Post Alort?m, held to-day, shows ilim ('how Ym receive. t four bullets in the head. One shot behind the ear peiiei rated the brain. The police believe th.- murderer followed his victim and m-A )/ U! . ( ,ff. although it is still a my torr how tho body reached the place v.h.-re if was found. It has now been •'(■iioiioly ascertained that the nw.'i. • of ih' crime was robbery, as the ii ••eased’s empty purse was found on the road.