FOUL PLAY.
1 MAN DONE TO DEATH
HIS MATE ARRESTED
[Press Association.]
TIMARU, May 1. On Sunday an elderly man named Adam Stevenson was missed from' his camp near the Orari Bridge gate. A mate named Cripps said that Stevenson, left the camp on" Saturday to go to.Geraldine. As he'could'not bo traced, a search was instituted, and yesterday afternoon Constable O'Grady found the body in the riverbed covered with sacks. *
He was satisfied that there had been foul play, and he arrested Cripps, who made contradictory statements.
The doctor found four wounds in -Stevenson's head, such as might have been caused by a blunt instrument.
Cripps is a single man of about 27 years of age. He is "said'•••to" be of weak intellect. He wa.s,in Geraldine •playing billiards on Wednesday night.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 101, 1 May 1914, Page 5
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131FOUL PLAY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 101, 1 May 1914, Page 5
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