The Pomahaka Murder.
Dune din, July* 7. ' The inquest on the body of Mary Matson, found in a lagoon on the banks of the Pomahaka river, was formally opened at Lawrence to-day and adjourned to the 15th instant. A post mortem examination was made by Drs Sutherland and Nichol. The body was much decomposed, and it will be a difficult matter to identify it. Matson and the woman Clark admitted that the body was that of Mrs Matson, and it is intended to take up a sister of Matson to Lawrence in the hope that she may identify it. The post mortem revealed two wounds on the head, but the skull was not fractured. Probably the theory will have to be set up that the woman was first stunned, then tied up in two sacks and thrown into the river. Carl Matson a»d Hannah Bertha Clark, the prisoners, were brought to Dunedin to-night and lodged in the gaol. It is understood that the evidence gathered s« fax is eomcvhat slender.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 62, 8 July 1896, Page 2
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170The Pomahaka Murder. Hastings Standard, Issue 62, 8 July 1896, Page 2
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