The Dean Case.

Manawatu Herald, 15 October 1895, Page 2

The Dean Case.

. # A benefit fund has been started for Mrs Dean in Sydney. Several pro. minent citizens are on the committeee. Dean has stated that Meagher never mentioned Sir Julian Salomon's offer of money if he (Dean) would leave the country. He would have jumped at the chanoe, as he always feared that the secret would leak out, but was determined to maintain a bold front till he found the game was up. I The soot of the chimney in Dean's house has been analysed, and sufficient arsenic has been burned in the fireplace. ______________ Concerning the Dean sensation, which is now creating such exoite* ment in Sydney, a Nelson resident, who is acquainted with Messrs Criak and Meagher, informs the Star that the latter, whose promising career has been so ignobly blighted, is a young man of only 25 to 26, and is v a native of Bathurat. He com*' menced hia study of law in Mr Crick's office a few years ago, andthe ability that he displayed was such that Mr Crick, who is himself a man of only between 80 and 40, took him into partnership. Meagher has distinguished himself on more than one occasion as a criminal pleader, and he chiefly made a name for himself by bis successful defence of some persons charged with murder a short time back. Meagher was elected to Parliament iv July.