TE AWAITE MURDER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1360, 23 January 1905, Page 2

TE AWAITE MURDER.

PRISONER COMMITTED FOR TRIAD. (Per Press Association.) WolliDgton, Saturday. On tbo resumption of tho Collineoß murdor case to-day, John Crawford, a 3hopherd, deposed that a teloecopo and other ariieloH wore token from hia whore at S'.uney Creek slati.m, adjoining To V" . Awaite, about lho end of January lost year. John Grant, rvereeer of tbo Waipawa out-station at To Awaite, said ho 6aW through a telescope the accused \ Kenzio, or Ellis, on tho bank To i Awaito river tho Grst week in February. 1901. Accused was carrying a riflo. On tho morning of Collinson’a death he ag noticed where a camp fire Jjujfi beepJJJj alongside a sheep or cattlwtrock and signs of someone having slept Raere. There wus a small fooip;int about ten yards away on tbo opposite side of the stream from where tho fire was. lletween the <y time early in February when he saw accused and the time of Collinson’s death he saw no stranger ujjoutjhe run. It was y easy fer a man to camp out there without *. being seen. JHS^. Albert Walters, a bush worker, et!F ployed by Collincon, deposed to camp j! conversations*with accused concerning the, killing of cheep und dcor. He also said accused used to wear a fairly small boot, perhaps a size 7. Wellington, last night. Evidence was given by McDonough,’ a Y buabman, employed at Collinson’e camp, that accused bad been seen in tho locality on the morning of the day Collinson was shot, and that he was carrying a rifle and wearing a khaki colored coat. A number of witnesses were called to

identify articles found on accused when , j arrested, and some of these were recognised as having been stolen from bush camps in the Hawke’s Bay district daring the months of August, September, and October of last year. _ Detective Broberg deposed to the circumstances of Ellis’ arrest, and that before being seized he brought his rifle from a ( perpendicular to a horizontal I (This accused denied.) When asked hia name, Detective Broberg said, prisoner replied, 11 You will find that ont soon ts enough.” Prisoner admitted having stolen certain articles from Hirst’s bouse at Wbakarara. He subsequently admitted ' to Detective Broberg that he was Me*-, . Kenzie, alias Ellis, stating that he had rjji much right to ore name as the other one*t Being then charged with Collinson’s murder, he replied : ” X know all about that. J( You knew who I was all right; the papers, , printed my photo.” Dater on he stated to the detective t “X read the papers, but * is against human uature for a man to i volunteer to give himself up when he';.] knows there is a lot of evidence against j him,” j At the close of the Crown’s case the; prisoner, who reserved hi 3 defence, was' J commieted for trial to the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court.”