BUSH TOWN TRAGEDY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XIX, Issue 6278, 23 July 1921, Page 3

BUSH TOWN TRAGEDY

MAN MURDERS, HIS MATE

DURING DRINKING BOUT

VICTIM ASKED TO I3E KILLED

.MURDERER'S REPLY TO CHARGE

••RIGHT O'. I DONE IT." (By Telegraph.—tress Association.) WANGANUI, this day. The police received iword -last night that a murder had been committed at Manga malm. a small township on tho Wangaehn river. lit) mile- north-east in Wanganui. | As faiyis can be gathered George Gordon, a single nuui o(i years of age. am.\ John Ivinsella, also single am. 1 ' about 30 years of age, both casual labourers, j were at the hotel drinking during the] afternoon, and had low dr:Jiks. 1 hc\ j then wont to Gordon's wliare. where they evidently quarrelled, and Kinsella killed

(Jordan with an axe. Ivinsella himself announced the tragedy ami gave himself up. The "Wanganui police motored to Manganinhu, and late last night returned -.with Kiusella. and the body of Gordbn. The police arrived here atfter midnight. It appears that Kinsc'liti. and Gordon hadi boon dunking heavily. The former when arrested said that Gordon lay down in the whare and asked accused to cut his h head off. Kin. sel'a said he pit an a,\c and struck Gordon with it. There is evidence of two blows, one on the hack and the oilier Vm the front of the neck: " tlio

Ij'lulo of the axe on each oc.cud.on penetrating the spinal column. Dr Anderson, who accompanied the police who went to arrest accusrtd. said) that death was instantaneous.

Accused, when formally charged with wilful mimV’ir, l(iughed and said, ‘•'Right O’. I clone it.”