SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1567, 25 September 1905, Page 3

SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

WATT’S DEFENOE ALLEGES A CONSPIRACY.

Bjj telegraph', Press 'Ass’n, Cooyrigh' Received 4,40 p.m., Sept. 24,

London, Sept 24. Hugh Watt called a witness named Battle to testify that aflor seeing Watt leave No. 6 Regent Street, London, ho saw two others emerge. Ho overheard their conversation. One said, “Bo oareful, Marshall, how you go about it.’’ The other, who resembled Marshall now in Court, replied, " Have no fear; nobody will believo Watt. I will take It ont of him. Yon finish the statement yon commenced yesterday. Keep a copy or wo are done.”

Last week, prior to tho remand of tho aooused Watt, Warley, a news vendor, testified that Hugh Watt inoiled him to marder his wife and Sir Reginald Beauchamp in 1902. Warley added that he pretended to be trying to execute tho instructions and thereby roosived from Watt sums totalling 4150. Hugh Wati formerly lived in Adelaide, South Australis. Originally he was a journalist and is well known in mining oiroles in London and West Australia. Hedivorced his wife for misoondnot with a minister daring his absence from Adelaide. Watt Bomo years ago was prominent in mnnioipal politics in London. He stands charged with attempting to procure the marder of bis divorced wife. At tho previous hearing of the charge last month Herbert Marshall, a private deieotive, said that Watt offered him 415000 to induce his divorced wife lo visit bis (Watt’s) house. When they had got her there Watt proposed that they should chloroform her to death.