Two accounts, one from those those who discovered the scene, and one from the murderer describing the experience
DISTRESSING MURDER AT ORMONDVILLE.
Otago Daily Times , Issue 6876, 29 February 1884, Page 2
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THE ORMONDVILLE TRAGEDY.
Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1322, 15 February 1884, Page 3
Rowland Herbert Edwards was executed by hanging on the 15th of July 1884 in Napier
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