The Dean Case.

Manawatu Herald, 8 October 1895, Page 2

The Dean Case.

*— — _ A tremendous sensation has beeri caused at Sydney by the Dean case assuming another phase. - . . . . i Mr ...Meagher was arrested, and when Mr Crick, his partner, went to ihf pjlicfe S avon to bail him out, h6 coo wa* ta en into custody. Later on Dan was arrested. All three are charged on a warrant issufd by the Crown with conspiring to defeat the ends of justice. At 480 p.m. all the accused were I bailed oat, the amount of bail being

It is understood that the arrest* eventuated through some communication made by Smith, chemist, to the Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr Want, but the purport of it ia unknown, though it is surmiaed that it sets at rest the question as to where the poison came from. Mr Crick, when interviewed after his release, had very little to say. He remarked that Mr Want, Attorney General had " taken him away from pieces of boiled fish to day,'' referring to the fact that he was lunching at the time he heard the warrant was out, "but he will find - me turned to shark before this is over," aiid.be added; "I have not taken any action before, but cowl will make revelations which will make those in high places sit up." He described the action of the Crown as a political job. There have been na further developments in the Dean case, excepting that it has been ascertained beyond* doubt, that: the Crown hold ■ . . statement on oath: from, a certain .. -. chemist that he supplied Dean with two different kinds of poison. The warrants for the arrest of Meagher, Crick and Dean were issued at the instance of the AttorneyGeneral. Dean, who appears quite unconcerned at this latest development in . tho case, still maintains his innocence, and declares that he is not afraid of the final result. Truth publishes what it states to be'the substance of an alleged confession by Smith, the chemist. It is to the effect that shortly before Mrs Dean's illness Dean «ame to Smith's shop and obtained a quantity of both arsenic and stryoh- . nine, saying that. he wanted to kill rats, and that he required both poisons to make short work of the .vermin. As the assistant was out, and no : witness was present, he at first demurred, but being struck by Dean's apparent truthful manner, he at last consented to give him the poisons asked for, but did not enter it in the poisons sale book. Dean, he says, had previously been three times in the shop, and got prescriptions made up for hie Wife. In the light of the subsequent .'developments; Smith says, he waß afraid to confess, fearing the consequences of neglect of entering the sale of the poison in his books. Smith had persistently refused to be interviewed, and it was ascertained that he was absent from home, though he will be in evidence when required as a Crown witness. In connection with the case. there is good authority for stating that several more arrests will be made in the course of a day or two. Sir Julian Salomons, interviewed, said be hod received a large number of letter* .since he made his statement. One of them contained information which led to the arrests on Saturday, but he declined at present to divulge its nature.