WHAREKURI TRAGEDY.
GRIM RELIC OF THE CRIME. HUDSON’S RIFLE RECOVERED. (From Don Own Correspondent.) OAMARU, July 13. The last phase in the Wharekuri tragedy was revealed tq-day, when Hie ride by which Philip Hudson took his own life and that of Olive Rutherford on the eventful day of Wednesday, April 22, was discovered in the Wnitaki River in the vicinity of the sensational occurrence. Owing to the heavy flood waters coming down from the hills, the Waitaki River changed its course. This is not an unusual occurrence, as the river frequently changes its course during a flood. A prospector (Mr W. B. Appleby), who was prospecting near the scone, of the fatality, saw tho rifle in the water at no great distance from the shore. Mr Appleby recovered it, and it was found to bo the rifle used by Hudson. Constable Melville, stationed at Kurow, took charge of the weapon. It is a repeating Winchester, and still had seven undischarged cartridges in it.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19531, 14 July 1925, Page 8
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163WHAREKURI TRAGEDY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19531, 14 July 1925, Page 8
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