THE GISBORNE MURDER. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Gisborne, July 18.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 776, 19 July 1890, Page 2

THE GISBORNE MURDER. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Gisborne, July 18.

Tho body of Robert Streotor was brought on n packhoiao from tho placo of dibcovcry, eight mile* along a foarfully rough road, to Whakatutu Hotel, 36 miles from horo, Dr limes conducted a.

'post mortem, and Mr Booth, R M., hold an inquest. Mr Reps appeared for tho prisoner and Mrs Streoter. Constable JUw fluid ho and a party of natives «ot o«t on Wednesday morning to search for tho body. They woro only 20 minutoa searching before they found it. Thoy wont in the direction indicated by ono of t.ho men from tho camp as tho place where Black had left a spiuk. They found a spot which looked lileo a firo-plnco made for boiling a billy. Thoy looked about and came aonm a mini's ffiot, they dug doopor into tho side of tho hill, and camo across tho body jammed { in anyhow with /sticks and earth to cover it up. Dr Imha deposod that tho body was fully dreSeJ, oxcept for tho hat. Tho clothing was bloodstained, and tho buttons which had boon placod over tho body, woro ulno blood Btaincd. There was a holo behind the right car, Ihroo inches by two, and the skull was fruofcurcd into many pieces. TJioro was no J mark of powder around tho wound. On searching tho brain ho found pellets of j shot and several fragments of gravel. The J body was healthy. Ho conuidcied tho wound wnfl caused by a fihot. from a gun. I Tho charge had passed through tho head and cune out at tho loft templo. Elizabeth? Streotor aaid tho body wan hor husband 0. Sho last saw him live months ago. Arthur Parkinson and Frank M'Donald also identified tho body a« Slrooter'w. Tho jury roturnod a verdict that tho docoased waa murdered by a gunshot wound, but thoro Avas no ovidonco to show by whom inflicted. Tho Magisterial enquiry takes placo on Monday. The body was a ghastly revolting hjjuctado, but was in fairly good condition, the flesh being white but much shrunk. The head, howovor, was a mans of •corruption, and the wounds mado it more sickening to look at. Tho whole face had flattened in, and tho features were indistinguishable. The party which left town had a rough trip, tho rivora boing in high flood, and tho roads very bad. Thin morning the prisoner Black was taken in to ,view tho body. Immediately ho entered tho room tho eergeant asked him, "Do you know who that is?" Ho replied, "Yas; Robert Sreotor/' Theae wero tho only words that have fallen from him, and throughout ho remains stolid.