THE MATAAHU TRAGEDY.
TWO NATIVES BEING TRIED. [STANDARD SPECIAL OIBBESPONDEST.) (From Ovr Extra, Tuesday Evening.) Tologa Bay, to-night. The excitement is beginning to subside, and the anxiety is mainly concentrated on the point as to whether a conviction can be secured. All the native prisoners but two have been released. The two detained are Hohena (who broke into the store some months back) and Haira te Peri, his brother. They are being tried before Messrs Booth Whitmore and Wallis. It is now felt certain the brothers are the real culprits. It is understood the knife found has been proven, to belong to Hohepi. The prisoners are expected down here some time to morrow, but it does not seem probable they will come overland. The natives at Awanui want the brothers, if found guilty, not to be hanged, but to be shot at that place—or a worse death if they are allowed the choice.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 234, 13 December 1888, Page 2
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153THE MATAAHU TRAGEDY. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 234, 13 December 1888, Page 2
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