MURDER CHARGE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 7

MURDER CHARGE.

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withi&e tittle Soy ;th».;cax. M*. then Farlanerc tam and ISS&SuS: reid *witb' another C-olstoii, atsti'. oanroborated the * corisumetwn ■ |>f j V?in^j^jfQaidf concerning rthe: P|| Ba £ it. W»yllis later left fcfje #a so-Colston rose ;im<Ute£t, shortly with' the lirection f'hyir fig Md gonfc. 1 Witness, then got a rifle? and followed Colston. Bis aunt, Mrs 'Arfcfc?Wßi tried) ; ,tp <"take ,the ripe £s' StST afffv CoMbp; rfibot Cplstoo if he "shot -Phyllis. Wit'riess, tollpw<>d r Colston for a distance. ■He f saw r . his sister on a hill and be «|U|3 oat to Bw to ran. k Phyllis honge 1 immediately afterwards' witness found his ntyther and fcis«eußt fighjtiiig. Be managed to get Mr# Anderson, to her own room and &raQ BtSl/in the rocfm, Colston returned and"- kicked on the ■■ door of Mrs Anderson Witness then became farmed, fmaflied the nyipdow with the >ntt orttiir rifle, l and goj ont; 'He ran sitrosjj tile road and into tb? hnsh, .where; he. .remained: four*' 'ftbout half an «ha cur, 0v fraud np .shots, On }»i» retn»n to the house-itljerewas fnobQdy about., Ifb/Olfefttf «P '* ana looked through Mrs Anderson's window, Entering ' the room he, saw Mrs Anderson on the floor. She was f-till breathing. He, .went out ; and got the car f . He drove tow,arda the station .\pnd t when about a mile down the road overtook ■Colston who/ seemed to be shivering and. crying; Jtfl; iyaß, then wearing H navy suit. Prior'to'the tragedy 00l ftpn had- befm.nisearij# old Rothes. Pur-v tier on witness overtook his mother and the little b,oy Anderson. 1 . / Phyliis Totyey, aged . W, sqribed tM planting: of the bottles- or wine. Colflton : was a«gr)y with tor and i she ran from! the ,She heard a shot, firtfd, lint-did not, .see Colston follow-her;- She was-present when tty» iione4 by tfre detective. The/detective &WBt ;jSiJn tfrijp"*»i» fighting .with-the !«^7 s Ef^\.t^ i ed r "Avintie, Wltfe," answft&d .Charles} and Mta»wiy; ; The* ton made a'biß-baw&.'and lltytnmf BhbrhQrtpJfJ' Witnesi»^ald ; herjattnt; and 1 Colston * were more or lesr.4ramt* did #£ itig, % her opinion, - Jyfljiwtigr,, Warren*;§lyi}»^'Warder' »t SSWE "JteS&SN&K! a

' Tolley called lout several times, "You 'leave him alone. ' He didn't do it. Site i did »it herself." Colston interrupted I saying, "You can take me." Mrs Tol- t lsy then said somebody had been hurt, ' and -witness understood, that the girl. 1 had been hurt,; aid asked if such waa ' tbje ease. Colston replied:. "I don't 1 know, . There was a lot of blood. It'* ' Mrs Fisher that's been shot, you know." > He sqid lie and Mrs Fisher had ' 'jtyruggliiig 1 tot a gun when the weapon* ? wpnt o® wider'her ehin. [ The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow; ! •