In a village near Tongan a young lad of sixteen was murdered this week. 'The cousin of the murdered boy, with whom he resided, came to the' police station and informed the police, at the same time, lamenting Toudly, and begged them earnestly to find the murderer and arrest him. The police found the body lying near footpath with three enormous wounds in the head. Scouting around, they discovered a trail of blood that ended abruptly, but following it, they came to the place where the murder had been committed, The lad had dropped, partially recovered; then had crawled along on his hands and knees a considerable distance, leaving behind him w trail of blood. This ended at a large poo}, but between this pool and the place where the body was found, no blood could be discerned. "Tt was thought that the corpse had been deposited here, The police decided that some one belonging to the village must have done the deed. "All the houses were searched, even the house of the lad's cousin, the man who gave the information to the police. Nothing incriminating was found In any-of the houses, but in the house of the cousin 'a blood-stained hoo was discovered that seemed to have a peculiar and terrible resemblance to the wounds in the dead boy's head. The cousin was arrested.
Tt was learned that the lad come from Malaya with two sisters five years ago, that their parents were dead, that their father hed ott 9 very' prosperous business In the south, which was managed, on the children's behalf, by a relative. The cousin had sold' the younger sister and had arranged a marriage for the elder girl, a marriage to which both the boy and the girl strongly objected.
'One villager said that when the children came from Malaya, they brought with them $1,000 worth of Jewellery' and that it had been given to the cousin for safekeeping. A. week ago $400 had been received by the young lad to celebrate his enagement to a young lady in the dis-Arle, It was to get this money, it Is alleged that his cousin had murder-ea him.
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