BRUTAL MURDER NEAR GREYMOUTH.
[BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Grejmooth, Sunday. The body of James Gifford was found on the road at Maori Creek, Dunganville, this morning, stabbed to death. There were two deep stabs on the chest, one bad one on the neck, besides two smaller ones, and stabs also in a number of other places. Cries of a human being were heard in the direction of the murder last night about half-past eleven. Gifford was a witness against Morton, in a notorious case of stealing gold at Maori Creek. A man's hat and knifo were found closo to the body, as if the murderer ran away in a hurry. No suspicion attaaheß to any one at present.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6907, 7 January 1884, Page 5
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