THE PARAWERA TRAGEDY

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14929, 29 February 1912, Page 8

THE PARAWERA TRAGEDY

WOMAN'S DEATH DUE TO -BU>1« HUSBAND SHOOTS HIMSELF. fBT XELECKAPH.—OWS COH&KPOXDKSi.I Tb AWAJtfTTTr, We&esdar,' Fcbtheb details of the tragedy at Parajera show that at about 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday a native in the settlement w M attracted to the whare where the tragedy took place by hearing the, screams 0 a woman calling "He's killing m <>." R m rung to the whare the native found the body- of the woman lying on the floor whilst Graham, the husband, was eating rabbit poison. «~«ujj The native rushed away for assistance, and when others arrived they found that the husband had shot, himself, the charge entering the breast near the region, of the heart.

The woman appears to have.been struck on the head with a gun stock.. Her left temple was crushed, and her hit arm was broken as if in warding off the blows. A number of wounds also appeared about head. A revolver fully loaded was found in the whare by the police. It was useless, as a small screw had become misplaced. At the inquest, held to-day, IX*. Hen* derson stated that the woman's death was caused by a haevy blew, and that of the man by a gunshot wound. Both were full-blooded natives, and were well-known in the settlement,