CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 254, 28 October 1901, Page 2

CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER.

PER TRESS ASSOCIATION Ohristohurch, October 27. A woman named E izabeth Tritt, wife , of (Jarl Tritt;, a labourer, died at Kaia- | poi on Friday last, under circumstances j which caused the two doctors attending jto refuse to give a certificate. The ,pslice .were communicated with, and an inquest opeoed on the body last j night, before Dr. McArthur, coroner, | add after several witnesses had b«ea examined, was adjourned until Tuesday. ■ Immediately afierwards Tritt was arrested on a charge of murder, and taken before Dr. McArthur and remaned till after the close of the inquest. From the evidence taken it app arß that Tritt was a widower withihr.ej , son*, the eldest 14 years of tige, He 1 married his (second wife, who was a Miss Mcßeth, of Kir wee, at Oxford in January last. She confessed to her [ husband that he was not the father of her child. Before Mrs. Tritt's death [ she told neighbours that bruises on her body were caused by her husband beating her with a he ivy strap, and the two doctors who made a ppst mprtem examination agree that injuries which could have, been indicted in that way were the cause of death, The post mortem revealed extensive internal injuries. Tritt was brought tjo. QbfipfrChurch to-day and. lojlgec? in gaol. Inspector Epson has just left for Rai&poi to rnike further investigations.