THE SETON MURDER.
■RUTHERFORD'S WIFE'S LETTERS. (Received Jan. 31, 2 5 p.m.) London, Jul). 39.
In the Seton case Mrs Rutherford wrote to her husband in July, 1918, befo;o the letter previously cabled, saying: "Have you e-.er known m» refuse forgiveness Only come back to me. My love for you is the most vital ipaVt "f mv life."
In four later letters she complained that her husband was canity of froquent ill-usage, awful . temper, ueeepturn and unfaithfulness, adding: "I have born through hell. Olhcr liii-ii never haw V<eo» mow that an *p:«*d.e (u my life. Yon are life itself"
Mr Bodkin commented (.'!■ ,* t.'.e lettors were of a faithful cHti-jii-lcr- This correspondence, in conji\neH-:i .vitn Major Scion's visit, might have given P.uth.'rforrt the suspicion that his wile was unfaithful rcmlting in a fixed intention to kill a defenceless man,
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1919, Page 4
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