CHARGE OF MURDER

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 4

CHARGE OF MURDER

c> SEAMAN'S TRAGIC END. BJIAWL IN MOLESWORTH SX WHARF LABOURER ARRESTED.

\s tho lesult of nn affray oirlsid* tho Wellington Hotel m Moloswortb Street oil Satuid&j afternoon, John Albert Tuckor, a whaif labouici, residing in Giant Iload, s\ab airested on Saturday oveninn, and charged with Iho nnirdei of Hnri \ Gall igher, t ti immer on hoard tho 'htor liner Makmim The deith of G<illaghei was caused b\ -\ frncturo of thn base of the skull, the lesnlt, it is alleged, of a hlow ddnered by J,uekei

Iho circumstanres of the tiagic affair aro as follows It appeal's that Gallagher ind fom of his shipmates Horo invitod to go ashoro bv a friend aaih on Saturday aftornoon Tlit'Y \isited tho Wellington Hotel, and, after *pondmp! some time inside, it i\as 6uknested that th<v> should go buck for tea to the Makarim, which was ljing at tho- Glasgow Wharf The fiiend accopted an imitation to , join tho parh and rll nioceeded aboard At about 5 pm Gallaghei, nrcompinicd h\ lus fi lends, lelurncfl to the Wellington Holot, and drinks were sened to thorn. Iho bar «t full at the lime, and a number of coal woikeis on the nhones wore piesent It is stated lint iho man who went down to the Makarim m tho fiist ui6tanco called Tucker hv n fertain name, which was frequently liset 1 bv strikers diiirng the roocnt industrial trouble Tins led to an -lt-i----oatiou, durme which, it is allegcd, Gnlagbei, who, it, is Mid, had not a ion ugh opinion of colonials, called Tucker In n certain objectionable name The result was « rnelee, theoutcome of « hirh was that tho banian ordered all hands out of the bar. Gallagher's friend- tried to dibsiudo him horn taking anj fuither pait in tho aigumeiu, but apparently it wiß uticless, iSoon, houG\ei, ho walked outside nnd joined Ins thipmatcs, who a(ia)n rm!oa\ouird to get him a«i\ iiom the i lcmaj It appeared to bo useless, and the deceased went back, to tho door and called to Tucker to come ontiidc As soon as the latter ippeaiod, it is alleged tint ho hit Gallagher oil the left jnw, ynd the deceased toil licahlj to the giouiul. It was al onco seen that he wae sonouslj mjuied, and Di Heniv na& immedmlcly wilt lot. He was quickh on tho scene, but could on l> pronounce life extinct. Jn tho me ultimo- tho pohco had airncd and tho bud.s was romoied to tho moigiio

Attci Fuolii'i liad stiuck the blow ho went insido ilie hotel* and subsequently ])iocecdcd to his homo in Uicnt Road It vas ev 1 lcit -thnt ho hid no He* that had been killed Tuckei had a shave, dicssed had ins tea, and it is slid told Ins wife that ho had to go down to Lambton Qu iv and thai ho would bo biiLk shoitl) and t-ako her lo tha pictures While he was in tho street tho aircst was made, and he was taken to the Lambton Quaj l'olico fetation.

Tucker i>; a niaincd mnn, and has two childicn. It is «aid that ho has lieen workmp on t|io whalves foi some 1G or 17 veirs Ho is- , dotcnbed by those ■who Know him to he a lespcctablo, hnid-ttoiking man Oillaglier 'njned on tho Makarmi .it London this vovige Hβ has made two loundirtftltt u.obtuvnes'jcl, mid the encinccis ctesenbod him us loing a good linid worker, nisrt not addicted to drink Ho was a mimed mr.n, pnd leases a witp and foui cluldioii ,it Homo

An inquest, will be held to-da> ai a time lo bo appointed