KAIMATA TRAGEDY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16326, 23 August 1913, Page 13

KAIMATA TRAGEDY.

THE INQUEST. VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER. [Per Press Association*.J INGLEWOOD, August 22. The inquest- was continued yesterday. Dorothy Julian, the girl who escaped from the building, corroborated the statements of her brother regarding tho early evening, and said that she andi her sister were awakened by a door striking the bed. Virgin was looking at them. Gladys said. “What- do you want, dad?” • Virgin tlien started hitting her head with - a piece of wood. She was quite certain in her identification of Virgin, who seemed excited when in her room. Dorothy then described her escape and flight as previously reported. . The Coroner returned the following Verdict:—(l) That Edward Julian, Gladys Julian and Frank Smith were murdered at 3 a.m. on August .14; (2) that there is not sufficient evidence as to whether they died from tho elfects of blows or whether they were burned whilo unconscious; (3) that tho blows were administered by Frederick John Virgin, and tho evidence indicates that he wilfully set fire to tho house: (4) that the evidence tends to show that Virgin suddenly lost his reason through worry and want of sleep.