tHE DEAN COMMISSION. A Sensatioiial Statement:
(By "Bleofcrio ' Telegraph— ttopyright.) . 1 , (Per United Press Associations) : STn>«inVM*y2o. "' Befor*.th« Commisaioß BSt tip tb'cbhsidef the" Dean.'.cas«,!« nuutitianled JbHy Asprey, aged 70rf*asd liting' in ' iihfr bush at North Shore, said hie attention had been called to the case On Saturday last, and! he clearly identified Mrs* Seymour, mother of. Mr* Dean, as his wife. In bis evidence he declared" that he married her at Hobart, where he, in < 1850, had been transported for seven years on a charge of stealing. They kept several ■ pabiiehoiuei and lived happily for a time. Then rows, the result of iealouay, ensued, and finally his wife left him, taking with hsr the cash box, and be had not seen her for the last 20 years. Seme time 'before she cleared out he twica buffeidd severely, and the symptoms were those of «aenio poisoning. Afterwards he discovered that tha contents ■of a battle ef afaenie in the house, which he had bought for the purpose ef poisoning rats, had mysteriously diminished.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8552, 21 May 1895, Page 4
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171tHE DEAN COMMISSION. A Sensatioiial Statement: Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8552, 21 May 1895, Page 4
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