ALLEGED SHOCKING MURDER.

Otago Witness, Issue 953, 25 April 1889, Page 9

ALLEGED SHOCKING MURDER.

A HUT BURNED DOWN TO HIDE THE CRIME.,

News has reached Gisborne that a horrible murder has beet) committed on the Mania Peninsula, where a man named Robert Gfollan has,beea murdered by a halfsaste named M'Quarrie. , Gollan's remains were found amongst the ruinsof his Whare, wbichiiad been destroyed, at Table* jCape. On the night, pi the murder , M.'Quarrieleft home) »ad his young brother-in-law, being frightened at being hit at home in the dark, followed a short distance behind. M'Quarri^ was heard to have fired three shots. The appearance of the ground around Gollan's whare showed that the bleeding body had been dragged into the whare, which had been bariifc. The motive assigned is jealousy. '■• M'Quarrie has often expressed himself in jealous terms of <3ollan, on account of a Maori woman with whom he was fiving, and of whom M'Quarrie was deeply enamoured. The other day he offered a Maori £\oif he would b»ro#' the woman to him. Tho police are' at) MshJa, and M'Quarrie ha» been arrested. The followingadditional particulars are to hand f—Wheu the halfcaste Makaorewss arreated for the Mahis murder, the boy Reinhana made a confession that he accompanied Makaore to Gollan's house on Thursday evening, and remained at the gate 300 yds from the house. after the boy heard a shot, and then then some one cry out as if in pain. Not long afterwards Makaore came out, and the two proceeded back to Kainga. At the same time the boy observed the house on fire.' >The house was on the out station of Mr G. C. Ormond's, some eight miles from Mahia township, 'and three miles from the station house, it was a cottage of two rooms. Gollan not being at work on Friday morning, Mr Ormond sent for him, when the house was tound burned down ■ and traces of foul play discovered. Then the remains were discovered, but the head was missing. Subsequently part of the charred skull was discovered. On Saturday morning the police arrived from Wairio and arrested Makaore. Blood was found on his clothes. Mr Large, J.P., acting coroner, held an inquest, which was adjourned till Thursday to enable Detective Grace to work up evidence. The Maori woman living with Gollan was at Gisborne in the morning, but was sent to Mahia. She stated that Gollan had always been good to her, and she was grieved at his death. Makaore frequently endeavoured to get her to leave Gollan, but she detested the halfcaste, he being a bad man. Makaore has borne a notorious character. Gollan was generally liked. The womah says she had told Gollan of Makaore's overtures, consequently there was great bitterness and jealousy between the two. Mihi, tho woman living with Gollan, is a pure Maori, of plain appearance, and aged 24.