Tragedy at the Hot Springs.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1743, 7 October 1885, Page 2

Tragedy at the Hot Springs.

An n 1 ni•, October 4. Last >s:ituj<(.iy u l( .hi .i: . of the Comet !■' I' Uiii. ni.-i/ :.ui i i iier bedroom in tier ji: i.:.ia;n!. uusbauJ made au ei crjiiic sealed, and ming aianned at not finding h< r, !■ din tbo sir-tai ce of the police, alio, aided by -eui,d it-tideu:.-'. k< pt up nn acini' tcatrii id: night, willu iu t licet sh. biaiiy yesterday m u . mg oome aauu> lent a maid, and ui u oi Uniu iipmua seeing a considerable amount of maUef floating on the smface of the hot spnng in ,r .Mm Moitiaou’a batii house, t onstab.e Amabaius, procuring a long pu!u wall a liool;, succeeded, after several futile atlemps. in hooking something which, on being hau-e t to tin- aul.ieu, left no doubt ns to what u was. The body presented uu l.oiiioie ;ighl, being partly cooked. I‘otb bands were ecu e-bed, mid full ol particles tom from tin; on asl in the agony of deatb. Large pieces of iK sh bung from bet limbs. lire whole body had lost a third of its original size. The unfortunate woman hud shown symptoms of being a Jillio queer lately. One sister is an inmate of a lunatic asylum.