BROTHER DRUIDS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 8

BROTHER DRUIDS.

EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE, "t WON'T PUT A PAL AWAY," ■ a on Kdwar.l Kllis, ,'n !i<) ,ni"t =.wi? h' • ininl :ii)jii ricsjyi CiJ Kyi; biyhisjrailwniji station on th'V'iiight.'of;l)rceihbor ■' ! IViii? ami Ch:iilo?> :Knv;.ill (says the ,"Siiu"),'-'.whb'ycn\'oniploycd.,pnjlthc.rnil-lvay's; had in ■Kyabram early : iii',J ho''evcmsigS;", ]'!t!vail rettiriiotl-.r..toj; .the'sleeping, van - used. by the two irien/.at-the localsfitation, - but i as-.it..wasjavliot;;iiight-;-.hb".^did.not/Zslcep in the i ah:jbitt; ; lay..-<io\vn oh ;pile of fruit cases,.near:b}\-'H«',was'lawakon«l by-; K!i isf all iit^oiisliini Envall .lound tiiat his inato wasi seriously hurt, and about 1 midnighti-ho-. went. far.:' Dr. Harcourt,.who found that Ellis's snino was broken.s' Ellis died next, Detectivo Silllivan arrested■ Envall at Kyabram. ->■ Constable Brucc. deposed ..that -.. about ,11.85 p.ni. mi December,l he.was at- tho cattle .yards,-;about 100 yards-from the van in whieh-Ellis and Envall were sleeping. Ho heard sounds of a quarrel, and a struggle'on the ground; and ,walkod along, until ho, got..within : view of tho van, when the struggle seemed to cease. A few minutes later witness saw a maiv, whom he now kncw:to-be Envall, moving with a light'-in'a'nd ont'of.t-ho.-vnn. Ho wns speaking to another man in s rough .voice, and witness.heard Envall saying "Come hm-o,About 12.15 that morning, at- t'iif: back of : the police station, and about 80 yards from tho van, witness .again'heard a- rough voice, and saw ain an walking about with a light-. . }Vitiiess went, over to the sl*chc and said to Ellis,'' 'What's ■ the -matter ?■' Fell out of the van. 1 -" -Envall "said;— "Acs,- that srightHe'? said, 1 ;-'' Tod fell- out of the van o;i top of sue. I was sleeping oil the trround.. I.had not cpine into the van."' .AVitiiess said,'"How. did he come to fall outEnvall"' said,. "I- don t know,' I was there, and when he. fell on ino be f ..ain luirt.. Envall added, "I said, '(.b to sleep. And Ellis said, "I'm not' gammoning. Envall said that he put a pillow under his head and went for a doctor. Envall. also .said, -"Wo are brother Druids, and I.have nothing.to hide." . Witness said, "You have not been in tho van to-' night.'-' Envall said,- "Yos, that is right.'!- ' Ellis said to Envall, "Conic here, Charlie, you'll put, your poton." ' Envall said, .'"All right, Tod.' and got out of the van.'- Envall demonstrated tho position' ho was lying in when Ellis fell oil him.' Witness said, "If you had been lying there you would have somo dust on you." Ho said, "It must have come off." Envall said, "Ted and I are good pals. , We have been iii tho,_Navy together." Witness said to deceased, "How did this occur?" Ho said, "I fell out of tho vaii." Envall said, "You hear that, constable Y I insist on your .taking that down, as that will clear mo - in any Court of Justice, as tliev wight say that 1 punched him, and there is a certain amount of suspicion against .mo."; . Envall. said to deceased, "I want' fou .to tell.-them that you fell out of tlio vaiv'.and that clears me.". Deceased said, ."Yes,-..that's right, Charlie, but tliero is such a thing as a white lie. I. have been-if bettor pal to yon than you hate to me, and I won't put a pal away. I could say a lot if 1 liked." Witness said to Ellis, "What do you mean by a wlnte lit*' He said, "it's no .use questioning me. Tho further you go the further away, you get. ' I won't piit a.pal away:" Etti-e Ellis, widow of the deceased, deposik! that,'when she arrivcH at the hospital her husband said, "I'm done." Witness said, "Ted, how.did- you. ' out of tho cAr:" \ftsi;! iiot'in tho'car, Eftie. '1 wss oil tlio ground. I caught his arm, ami tho coward, he jthrew nie. - He bolt-C-d aiid kicked me. 'That's what-1 got for doing him a good' turn." He made witness promise that siro would not spvak, _ for' tlio-soke of the awn's wit' 6 aiid.chiMv6ll.' W itllosS said to her husband, ."He didn't think of mo and ray children. V-. lsy shouldn't ho be punished?" . ■ To Mr. Mueller:-He appeared quite calte:'---- Xo one else wits present. ... She first repeated her husband's statement to Detective Sullivan.

Senior-Cbnstabie Evans dqwsfid that, with Sullivan, ho had an interview, with Envall on Monday list. Sullivan'said that ho had a, statement from Mrs. Ellis. Envall'said," "Ho toTd-a lio on his death-bed." Envall said that ho was awakened-by Ellis standing over him with a demijohn of water. _ He said to Ellis, "Whati aro you 'going to do with that, ■ Ted?".. . Ellis, answered, "You'll find, out,"Envall -added that, to . the best of his ' knowledge ho was. innocent. If there was -a quarrel ho was not responsible.

Envall was committed for ,trial on a charge of manslaughter. ■