Murder

Crime in Eastern Samoa

From Our Own Correspondent

Apia. Feb. 28.

A SAMOAN resident of American Samoa was murdered in one of the main streets of Pago Pago, on February 21, by an other Samoan, Muliaga, a resident of Falealili, Western Samoa.

There had been a dispute between the two men over a title for land, and the matter had been heard in court. The court’s decision was unfavourable to Mul iaga, and he vowed vengeance. He sought his enemy on the road, in broad daylight, and fired at him with a shotgun, inflict ing a fatal wound in the side.

The murderer was arrested.