THE CHINESE TRAGEDY.
'A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
THE INQUEST.
VERDICT OP WILFUL MURDER.
[BY telegraph.— CORRESPONDENT.]
Dunkdin, Friday. A CHARGE of murder is likely to arise out of the inquest, now proceeding on the body of the. Chinese gardener. Ham Ling Ton*. A bullet found in the body this morning repcmbles a. small Colt revolver bullet. The weapon used was evidently a powerful one as Ike distance, the missile had travelled in the body » great. No motive can be discovered for the crime. f| le old man was of inoffensive habits. If the object was money, it failed, as the deceased's cash was found in a box near the bed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5
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109THE CHINESE TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5
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