TRAGEDY OF THE BUSH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16600, 25 July 1917, Page 6

TRAGEDY OF THE BUSH.

BODIES FOUND BY MATES.

RIFLE LYING BESIDE ONE.

EVIDENCE OF A QUARREL.

[BY TELEGRAPH. OWN" roRRE-rosr.EXT.]

GISBORNE. Tuesday. Ffrther details concerning the discovery of the bodies of Olaf Anders n and HamBradley on the Waior,,n;j mai station have come to hand. The men were rnemrrrs r.f a party of four engaged on a fen '.:,z <<-n. tract at the back of the --.".. •• On Saturday the two other men '•"•. f - the homestead for provisions. On i-turning to camp on Monday morning tiny f-.ur.d both of their mates lyinj dead, t;.,- ':,. dies bearing bullet wounds. Bradii\ body was in a ditch near the hut. p * r. .rjy of Anderson was found inside ■';.- v.hare with a rifle lying beside it. The men immediately returned •■- the homestead and reported the;-- _-■).-.me. discovery to Mr. Ludbrook. T!..y -*ated that Anderson and Bradley had •[•;.•»; ■< i>d on Saturday. Neither 01 the ■>;..; men had been out of the camp for a month. | Constable Cooper, with a party, iejt Waiorongomai this morning f>r the • iniri | to bring in the bodies to the !. 'iii^-ftead, i where an inquest will be held The Waiorongomai station is t;-- property of Messrs. Ludbrook Bus., ;,: J is managed by Mr. Wm. Ludbr k. It j 3 situated about 20 miles inlavl from Tuparoa. and 15 mile.; from Ruatcr-'-.i. It is essentially a "back-block* stati-.n. The deceased were fairly well known on the coast, where they had worked f.r some years. Anderson was (onim-rdy known as '"Jack" Anderson, an J was believed to be of foreign nationality. Bradley, it is understood, was partly . : :.ative blood. Both are stated to hav,. been about 35 years of age.

SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY.

ANDERSON SHOT IN BACK. THREE BULLETS IX BODY. BRADLEY WOUNDED TWICE [BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION".] GISBORNE. Tuesday. A report has been received from Cor stable Cooper, who is investigating th Waiorongomai tragedy, that the bodv ( Dlaf Anderson has two bullet wounds i the back and one in the back of the heat A. rifle was lying close beside it. Bradley's body was lying abont 5: away, bearing two bullet wounds, or under the heart and the other through th forehead. Inspector Johnston and Detective M Leod will leave Gisborne for the statio to-morrow.