A Goldfield Tragedy.
Murder and Suicide.
(By Telegraph) (Per Prebs Association.)
Invercargill, This Day. A tragedy is reported from Merrivale diggings near Otautau. A miner named Frederick Hooker shot a man named Reynolds dead and then committed suicide. Previous ta shooting the father he fired at the boy Reynolds but missed him, and then at Miss Reynolds, aged 18, shattering her right forearm and blowing her left thumb off. Several pellets also lodged in her breast. Mrs Reynolds is missing, and is either shot or lost in the bush. Hooker was found dead in his hut about a mile from Reynolds’ place. Reynolds was shot through the temple. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause of the tragedy. Miss Reynolds was taken to the Riverton Hospital. The police are seaching for Mrs Reynolds. The tragedy occurred at three o’clock yesterday afternoon.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 188, 13 August 1894, Page 3
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142A Goldfield Tragedy. Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 188, 13 August 1894, Page 3
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