PALM BEACH SHOOTING CASE

Chronicle (Levin), 18 October 1946, Page 5

PALM BEACH SHOOTING CASE

SYDXEY, Oct. 17. Evidence tliat David Stewart Dawson oITered her £5000 to keep out of tio Palm Beaeli sliooting case was given b,\ Alrs. Arary Ann Yerspoor, wife of an American, when tlie hearihg of the case was resumed todav. Witness, who ac-conipanied David Stewart Dawson. his sister and George Rankin Arackay. in a hired car to Pahu Beach on tlie afternoon of Septeinber 8, gave an account of the happenings at Stewari Dawson 's home which, slie said, she wai Yisiting .for the first time. Witness co.n tiiift&d ^Ii,a| wlten BaYid ^Stewart yD^w--' son ifiredf i&o s'h*6ts|' ^Htqwart Dawson,' Snr., was brandishing a bottle' but Ataekay hhd his Iiands in his pockets Stewart Dawson kicked Alackay 111 the face and leg after he had fallen. Two days later she phoned defendant to ask about a handbag which she had left at Palm Beach. He replied tliat he wante-1 to see her and insisted 011 doing so Twenty minutes later he caiue to liei flat. He suggested that Mackay should say it was an accident and asked her to see Alackay for him. Slie replie,! that Alackay could not be bought oif He suggested that Mackay should sa> that lie attacked Stewart Dawson, Snr., because of a mental flashback brouglit on by the war. She replied tliat. slie would not comniit per jury. It was then Tie offered her £5000 at the rate of £500 yearlv. She replied: "David, I won't be bought. I won 't be solcl." His response was: "Well, maybe I eaimot biiv you but I am certain 1 can sell you," which infuriafed her so that she said she did not cave wlrefher he went up for five years or twentyfive. In leavlng he tlircatened hftr about revelatioiis in Cqu.rt. Du fendant again rang her on Reptember 17 but she refused to see him or act as a go-betweeji.... . ... .