ADELAIDE SHOOTING

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1921, Page 3

ADELAIDE SHOOTING

'CABLE NEWS

■ AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BROOKFIELD’S BRAVERY. SYDNEY, March 23. hater details of the Riverton shooting show that Mrs Rice has only a ' slight flesh wound in the breast and that George is bnt slightly wounded in the stomach. The other wounded people are progressing favourably. When the first few shots had been fired by the Russian, some local residents procured firearms. They shot several times at Tomnyeff without effect. Mr Brookfield was the first seriously to attempt to close with the man. Brookfield rushed in and threw his | arms round the maniac’s waist. In so doing he received two bullets at point blank range. Then others encouraged by his example, charged Tomayeff, whose revolver then jammed Then the capture of the Russian wa* effected. TRIBUTES TO BROOKFIELD. t Beech, ed this day at 12.2 b p.m) SYDNEY, March 24. Eloquent tributes to Brookfield are reaching Mr Dooley from the various States Governors, Messrs Hughes Theodore, 'the Lord Mayor and political opponents, testifying to his sterling

dm raetor. ADELAIDE, March 24. Constable Kinsolla, at whom TomayefF fired first, said ho thanked Brookfield j for saving his life. The Russian fired ■ at Kinsella in the refreshment room, the bullet grazing Brookfield’s arm. Brookfield borrowed a revolver and rushed at. TomayefF. After scuffling, Kinsella saw the former drop, saying: ‘T aim done he has shot me in the stomach.” A former landlord of TomayefF at Broken Hill says th ( > latter loft on Tuesday evening wit|i all his belongings including a mattress, going to Adelaide for work. A woman with whom he was keeping company died and the Russian .

had been despondent since. He displayed a streamer on his bedroom wall : “bong live the Federated industrial soviet Republic of Russia - ’; also photos of Trotsky, Lenin and twelve independent workers of the world prisoners. When asked by the police if lie had any statement to make Tomayeff said: “Yes, I shot everybody because 1 was afraid of two men with knives and , poison in the train, who wanted to ; kill me. They catch bold of my arms and j every time I see a man T shoot him. - ' j Brookfield en route to the hospital I was asked why he took the risks, and i replied: “I took it for the women. I j am nothing.” j