ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A NEW ZEALANDER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2288, 23 November 1889, Page 2

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A NEW ZEALANDER.

A yonng Now Zjalaader named John Thomas Thompson, who recently oame to England to olalm some money left him, appears to have bean nil bat murdered at Liverpool on the 3 let ultimo. The person charged with tbe offence Is James Chandler, a email tradesman to Great George street, who was brought before the Htlpendlacy magistrate after arrest, when the following story transpired :— Johu Thom«s Thompson said that be was at proaout living at 13,. Oldham street;, Liverpool. He was. twenty-eight years of age, and for the hat ten years bad been living 10. New Zealand j be returned hern on Ist July. Ho oame to th'o ooantry :to reo Ive Booau money on the death of a celailva. Part of tho money was paid Ip a cheque of £100 ; H was an order oheqie, which ho htd eioce cashed at OunlUEe, Brooks, »nd Oo.'a He was Intending shortly to return to New Zealand, and thought of baying goods -to take out to sell there, Uo desired to pick np some patent article or any other novelty he oould got. With that object he came to Liverpool. He also iuteoded to visit Birmingham and Welverhampton. Ho deolded to rent an empty-room m Liverpool In ordar to have his putohases stored there. While looking for inch a room he paused the shop 32a, Great George street. He went ioto the shop to make enquiries'; the prisoner was there. With the exception of a few looks and a small trunk, there was nothing m the shop. Ho explained to pridonor that he wanted a room. Prisoner said ha could let him have a room, and explaining to him his object, prisoner said he could let him havo oome locks. Prisoner said they were patents of his own,' but he had cot yet got one of the locks manufactured. Prisoner said something about a patent motive power, and. he was very anxious that proßoca tor should t-ke it up. They ultimately resolved to go to Binning ham, bat before doing so went ti the bank of Ouallffe, Brooks, and Co., Manchester, where prosecutor presented a ohtque far £100, drawn by William GuradeD, payable to prosecutor's order, Tho signatare of the drawer was cot known In Manchester, and the bank deoltned to o>Bh the cheque at sight. Prisoner waited m tho vestibule, and on coming out be wanted to know what proa'ootor was doing m the bank. He told him that tho cheque, which he 1 showed, would hr.ye been cashed at eight nt Blackburn, but they woald not cash it m Manchester without referring, At that time he hid not cm- { domed tho cheque, and they proceeded to Birmingham, Tney returned to Liverpool on Saturday, tbe 31«t ult. On the way down from Mtnohestec^ to Birmingham prisoner mentioned hl»j' patent, Which ho oald WR3 m thu oellar at 33a, Great Georgo utrect. Prisoner had talked of throwing bis Invention on Iho market, and aaked pvoaeoutor. to help him to do so, as hln wlfu was nvorae to him disposing of it On returning to Liverpool th.ey 'uu^aratod, prisoner going to see his wife It being &rr*ngod that they Bhould moot •4 the P.o %a Reading-room., which tl-ey they did. jfris.anor atld his wife had followed him, and they mqat not leave together? Accordingly |t v *n deoldod that witness shonld go to tbe Gaiety, nhoca proseoutor jolnod him. Leavlog thare after a few minutes they prooeeded Into Lime street, and while passing the Horso Shoe, prleoner said be was thtcuty. ; P?q. aeootor asked him to have a drink, and they wentm together, where prisoner bad a bitter beer, and pro a cutop ba,d a lemon Fq'jaib, They proceeded, then Into GtQ*t George street; Prisoner Bt»ld they must bo very oarefql as hli wife, might be about watching them. The front door, he said, was bolted as well aa looked, and therefore they would have to go round to the buck, and this they did, it being very dark at the time. They went down aoma steps Into a cellar entrance. Prisoner opened the door, and they both wen,t la, Proseoutor struck a light, «n.d lighted hli pipe ; prisoner procbaed. a oandle, aad witness lighted \t % then Baid, "Go on model la m the ooal oella?,' 1 ai^d proseontor went on,.«riaoner f.olbw'ng him, not immediately, stood close behind him, after he oame In. He made no remark, and witness expootiug that he woald say something a^ld, "Well." Priaoner at that tla»a had his right hand down, as if there was something In It, and he pointed to the collar, underneath the payment. Witness turned towards the ooal cellar, and felt Immediately a heavy ornahlng blow on the top of the head, followed immediately by a heavy blow on the back of the head. Ho fell, bak was net stunned j he felt the blood tricking down his faoe. Ho thought the prisoner was attempting to murder him, and be osept away a little distance. It was then perfectly, dark, the candle havlDg fallen to the ground;. Witness felt at least ■ h dozen blown en his shoulder. Prisoner appeared to be striking: heavy blows at him, m the place where he had been, and was missing hig aim, and sttlkloß him on the shouldor with his arm Instead of the weapon, Proieoutoc crawled out (nto tbe passage, nbout eight fact and thon ran out. He could hear prisoner gronlag aboo.t for him. He recovered immediately on getting into the fresh a{r. Hj» w,as taken to tho Eact Dlspanoaify by * . p9HQ.em.an, Prisoner was afterwaraa anprehe.nded, bat linmsdi. atoly before thnt he dented that he h»d been with prosooutoi that day, and said he had given him the key of the collar to store his goods In. and that he was with tw £ °2J W m 6n * "osobutor d0a10.4 tills, Dr Pearson stated that he fia/1 to the proßecutor. »ud found serious Usuries on % hoad. The hammer produced w,ou.ld doubtlega q^uoq ouoh wouuds, but if tho shaft of tho instrument were conoe«M up the sleeve of the person giving the blow It woald have to be wielded with considerable force to o*use the m j arks proseoutor had reoelvqd. Had the arm of the person been fsea tie blow would most likely have eiriaea death. Me R fflaa s^d it was as uaErow an woape Icq& murder an ftves he heard of. i JftUQQ«oonstabltj 604 said he had siiacchedthe oellarbut foami co modal; ho ploked uo a piece of dandle, and Baw drops of fresh bloqrj lo the oollar and In the paßßßge, •pelsoji^> sS committed for trial at the. Bfiifqfrl Me Entwisile, who appeared for Q'oi, leservlng his dafenoo.

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