THE TALUNE TRAGEDY.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 65, 20 March 1901, Page 2

THE TALUNE TRAGEDY.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received March 20, 1 a.m. Sydney, March 19. Captain Smith, of the Union S.S. Company Talune, has given evidence by commission in the Conway case. Conway stayed for a short time at the Oxford Hotel in Christchurch, and during the time he spent there, he was frequently seen in company with a woman, who, however, did not stay at the same houso. On one occasion, the pair went to Sumner together, and on the following morning Conway found himself at Sumner minus his purse and ten pounds which it had contained. It is stated that later in the day he met the lady, and that she informed him that she had had a similar experience, and had lost her bag containing money. The police were communicated with, and suspected the woman but Conway expressed himself as satisfied that she had not taken the money, and had been robbed as well as himself. Before the police had time to make any enquiries, the pair vanished, and it was afterwards discovered that they had both left by the Talune for Sydney, via Wellington, (the woman as a saloon passenger, and Conway travelling in the steerage. Upon news of his death being received, the police again set to work, and it is now understood" that important evidence has been secured by them, and that it will probably throw some light upon the cause of death. „