Mysterous Affair.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1651, 6 March 1886, Page 3

Mysterous Affair.

The cable 1 rece'ntiyijibfonnecl /us-that'\ two officer* pjt.be> si. @ity o£ Meltourneh had b«» ) »jTO3te4, < jnj§y4ney.oa^ charge^ of manslaughter m regard tothe 4sr ■ '. of a girl named Marion. Williamson. -A " Brisbane 1 1^^' 'in the the polic^'ma^iStt-ftte .'at Normanton has forwardedlfo the- Attome^-GeHerftl khe evidencei tekeifoati thetenquiry j'ntQ-.- the . death bj«^fffl^ .o^ajciQn^^pam son, foun^e jrtejtme^&tyof Me]bourne. The deceased'wno '^embarked a£'Townsyille as* rs ? l^rUgWp'ai&enge"r' : stated during the m' W6-pr6cee'aing to BurklWWtt«W be married* She. ' : was ' drowneftifbeforeuTeachirifi:^ Normanton, and the Magistrate Suggests thataftnv? ther enjjujr# ,sho.u|d. ,be Jaeld, a.t, B,rjßbane,. m consegneiice of^ej boa^vajn, .second engineer, aim "otters being able' to give inform&foE^The''^ minute-UhH regard Vi to the conduct of' Birch, fthe^condi engineer; is to the '• •Sect tbatatbvas disgracefa], -and Jie're- < Seta h§ cansos reach him ; criminally, c marvels tbejgirl could occupy,; Birch's ca^in so' frequently wj<jh,' ; .the.< knowledge ,of her, fellow -passenger^ wHhout l nbt?ce be'in£ taken, and?he, ■iders rfuchi'a'irttirunfit'for the service bP any respectable company." The conduct' of Sw»Oßonj Jiheiiboatswaini .and! ;M*/? Simpson, Jthe pjt»ie£o%er^ is ; st#l V) more < ■erioas. evidence,, is^not, cjeat., whetheOKe^ pontril)«ied to, Birch's disKracefdT coMtfctj M if 'sonie^ off witnesses are reliable they directly ''cdh-" tributefi^ to 'the- 'gitrf s Taeatu. i; John (Jeary, si passenger? «a writhe deceased! go'^ DverboaCd.,*ana.<ibe \psprmvk>\&\& boftt 0 . iwain, »^a.|oiL^fi no^a a/:e, Kbout i£j .^her man^axna^Mifiha^V Poley Cryffns, asked the mate to .stop ' thevedieircljnt. He^d {>*H fl i'vpn#; It is too laW'tiOw'J' : Thß-captain4rWpp^(f lmmed&*efyihe«wftgl requested j'bui a de ': lay of (fgUtor/Jten, minutes: .took; pjaoelli [nCrys^'gjpnj^nitheo^irt'jß.Jife-might bare oee^j^ved jif ,. the, .ajjip,, hftd u Jjeea } ■topped at the .first' alarm. The Attor'fJeySetaOis; fb^arded^e 1 ffis: x Hobs to^ffie^twmmifisioner 6'f '^olicS" i*ith : ' % view of takibg^tlSS Necessary- a'c-tioti'foif % prosetnitibn 'for manslaughters -r <He:has -. klso conununjcatftd- iWithi ;.tb.6.;iA;-S-^<: Dompanjr pn'.tjje conduct qt r ßirch,. jthe,i Becond^pgine^r^J",.^.^.;,;! isi ;^ w , j