THE CLINTON RAILWAY OUTRAGE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3780, 27 August 1883, Page 3

THE CLINTON RAILWAY OUTRAGE.

Duxedin, This day

l)r Lowe, of Clinton, made a jinsl iiiorti n> examination of the bodyof fireman Henderson Oil Saturday. A large quantity of shot was found in the body. Two pellets penetrated the heart, two the right lung, and one the left lung. The engine has been examined, and one pellet only is found to have struck tho tender. On Saturday an uncle of the lads visited them at the police station at Clinton, and he and tho two younger brothers cried bitterly during the interview. James, the eldest, does not appear to l-oalise the gravity of the situation. The lads still persist that they meant no harm, that they thought they had drawn tho charges, and that therefore the guns were unloaded. Detective Henderson, before he arrested the lads, took statements from them separately, and these tallied. The youngest, Alexander, is a boy who hardly ever iired a gun before. It was tho eldest and youngest who fired. James, the eldest, said, " Wo agreed to fire together. The train was passing, and Alick fired and I fired." Neither of them admit that they fired at the train. The words were, " The train was passing and wo fired.." Great sympathy is felt throughout the district for the father, Mr Roy, who was a Frcsbytoi'i an missionary stationed in Duncdin up till 1866. Since then he has resided at Warrimor, where frequently he Ims conducted services. He is universally esteemed and respected.