The Case of Herbert Mullins.
THE REPORT OF COLONEL HUME. The Premier laid on the table to-day the report of Lieut-Colonel Hume on the disappearance of Herbert Mullins. After detailing the circumstances, Colonel Hume states :— "I cannot conclude this report without expressing my opinion that the Sergeant of Police at Palmerston North (Slattery) did not use that diligence and exertion in ascertaining, as soon as the matter was reported to him, the circumstances surrounding the fatality which might be expected from an officer of his service and experience. He seems to have rested satisfied by sending a constable round to some of the boys and making very perfunctory enquiries. One boy assured me he had never been interviewed by the Sergeant, constable, or any other member of the force, and though the Sergeant knew that both the father and mother were smarting with grief under the distressing death of their boy, he did not think it worth his while to see the father from time to time and let him know how the investigation was getting on, except exchanging a few remarks on the subject when he happened to meet Mr Mullins in the street." —Standard.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 57, 4 September 1895, Page 2
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196The Case of Herbert Mullins. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 57, 4 September 1895, Page 2
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