SHEEPFARMER'S DEATH

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17185, 8 November 1926, Page 7

SHEEPFARMER'S DEATH

GUN POUND BESIDE BODY

(Special to the Herald.} TOLAGA BAY, this day. • News has been received that George Turnbull Bagric, 40, a shoepfarmcr who has resided in the Tauwhareparao district for some years, was found dead close to his whare, a shotgun lying beside the body, i ' For some time Bagrie's neighbors had been anxious regarding the do- ■ ceased, who had showed signs of mental trouble, and on Saturday Messrs. J. Griffen and Lougher sot out to bring him to Gishorno for medical examination. The trip was commenced in a j buggy, but owing to the rain, the 'roads" had become very heavy. When i they had gone about a mile and a half Bagrio suggested that ho would get nut and walk over the hill and meet them on the other side. They drove on and waited forvbim, but he did not arrive, and, becoming anxious, they returned in the direction from -which thev had come. j When the men got back to Bagrie's whare they found his dead body lying there, with a discharged shotgun alongside. There was a deep wound in/the bead. The deceased had been 12 or 14 years in the district and as far as is known had had no financial worries. | The Takapau river was running ' fairlv high yesterday and the police hiad some difficulty in getting to the scone. An inquest will be held here iu due course.