THE MAHIA MURDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9346, 24 April 1889, Page 5

THE MAHIA MURDER.

- < «$> % LATER PARTICULARS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-—PRErfS ASSOCIATION.] Gisbornk, Tuesday. When the half-caste Makaore was arrested y for the Mahia murder, a boy, Rehana, made i a confession that he accompanied Makaore i to Gollaa's house on Thursday evening, and s remained at the gate, 300 yards from the t house. Shortly after the boy heard a shot, s then some one cried out as if in pain. Not - long after Makaore came out, and the two 7- proceeded back to the kainga. Some time s afterwards the boy observed the house on i fire. The house was on an out-station of - Mr. G. S. Ormond's, some eight miles from r Mahia township and three miles from the 3 station-house. It was a cottage of two rooms. l- Gollan not being at Work oil Friday morn-' - ing, Mr. Ormond sent for him, when the , house was found burnt down, and traces of • ; foul play were discovered. The remains b were discovered, but the head was missing. - Subsequently part of the charred skull was - discovered. On Saturday morning the ) police arrived from Wairoa, and. arrested 3 Makaore. Blood was found on his clothes. I Mr. Large, P., acting-coroner, opened' 3, the inquest, which was adjourned till > Thursday, to enable Detective Grace to work up the evidence of the Maori woman i- Mihi. Gollan was at Gisborne in the morn-: : ing. Mihi states that Gollan had always i been good to her, and she was grieved at his death. Makaore frequently endeavoured to get her to leave Gollan, bub she de- ,: tested the half-caste,; he being a bad man. ; Makaore has borne a notoriously bad character. Gollan was generally liked. The woman states she had told" Gollan of Maka"i ore's overtures, and consequently there was ' i great bitterness and jealousy between the " two. Mihi is a pure Maori, of plain ap--1 pearance, and aged 24.