GIVEN TWO OUNCES OF GOLD BEFORE HE MURDERED CHINESE
Suspected Assailant Gets Start on Police NET SPREAD THROUGHOUT DISTRICT Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night, The man suspected of tho murder ol joe Stum (not Shem) at Kyeburn Diggings, obtained 10 hours' i start through the murdered man’s Chinese companion "being too xnghtenea to carry, the news till yesterday morning. Eobbcry has been definitely established as the motive, for after the shooting Shum’s hut was ransacked by the assailant, who had demanded £IOO from him. ‘ . The story of the dead map’s mste, Sue Pec, is that’jat about one o’clock on Tuesday afternoon a man- who had visited the camp’three weeks earlier, arrived and was given a meal. He then said he was a policeman inquiring about the killing of another, man and the theft of £2OO. Shum was accused by him of this crime. Having ascertained Shum had a rifle and ammunition, the visitor picked up the rifle, suggesting he and Shum go out after rabbits, Pee meantime going away wood chopping. Later Pee heard shots. Then Shum struggled to him greviously wounded, telling him that the man had, said he wguald kill Mm unless ho gave him £IOO.
Shum handed over two ounces of gold whereupon the murder took place. The man suspected was' seen at Eanfurly on Wednesday where it is alleged two ounces of gold were sold to the bank. , '
A big police not has been spread throughout the district. ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19280720.2.57
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6666, 20 July 1928, Page 8
Word Count
243GIVEN TWO OUNCES OF GOLD BEFORE HE MURDERED CHINESE Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6666, 20 July 1928, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.