The Waiapu Murder
SUICIDE OF THl*l MURDERER
Per Press Association
Gisborne, July 23
The search party for the Waiapu murderer, William Turei, on Saturday found his body in tho bush shot through tho head. Tho fatal wound was evidently self inflicted, as a piece of string was tied to his toe, and to tho trigger of the gun which rested between his legs. His prayer book was lying on the ground alongside him. At the inquest on the body of tho murdered woman on Friday, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against William Turei, tho husband of the deceased,
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 24 July 1888, Page 2
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