The Plimmerton Tragedy.

Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1117, 4 January 1897, Page 2

The Plimmerton Tragedy.

(By Telegraph — Press Association). Wellington, Jau, 2. Mrs King, a boarding house keeper in town, lug indentilied some property found at Pliraenon as that belonging to aMr and Mrs Brooker. The otber property she was unable to indentify ; but ns tbey had left berj house some three month? bofore the supposed time of the tragedy it is puiir? possible that she bad obtained the artic'es. In the meantime Mrs Brookev was seen with chlordyne bottles similar to those found at, Pliwmerfcon, and Mr Brooker was known to have threatened to commit suicide owing to financial diffi • CUltiG 3 . In connection with the Plimmerion mystery it has been ascertained • that Mr Brooker (his proper name is Braybrooke) came to Wellington with a young woman who passed as his wife somewhere about April 1893, and wont into bdgings with the Kings. While there Mrs King and her daughters had ample opportunity of noticing tho clothes and effec's of their lodgers, some o( which, as telegraphed on Thursday, they {identified in connection with the Kr icles found at the scene of the tragedy. After living with the Kings ■jtafebout threa weeks Mr and Mrs j^Hßn^pok a boarding house in HHnßgrect; which they kept till Shortly after |HHH^HBB&fe|^^ding house on I

up country somewhere, and the second Mrs Brooker, with two children , came on tho scene. The first woman was about 20 years of age, and the next nearer 50. The Dixoo street boarding house also proved au unsuccessful venture and wag sold out by Messrs Townsend and Paul. Brooker was known to make trips to the country, presumably to see young Mrs Brooke:, and just prior to the supposed dUe of the trngsdy in October 1894, he returned from one of these trips looking i very seedy and hard up. His position financially had gradua ly bosn getting woivie and worsG and then sudden'y he disappeared and had not been heard of since. Where the wife and children went to is not yet known, nor has it yet boon ascertained who was tho ! young woman who lived with Brooker as hi 3 wife and who is supposed to be one of the victim? of the tragedy. Further search at Pliramerton hag resulted in the discovery of a watch and several piece 3of jewellery and other articles and the belief that the remains a*e those of Braybrook and his wife is gaining ground.