ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1676, 5 April 1886, Page 2

ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

It was a distressing: scene at th« houia of Sfr and Mrs Keeling tout-night., j3jb» terrible diwster which had befallen them seemed to have almost paialyssl them* The father did not betoken the sam* i grief as his distressed wife ; indeed^ wYr* it not for the sight of their .fine daughter ! laid out m her death clothes before them > they could hardly recognise their bereavement. Mrs Keeling- made the 'following statement : — " My daughter, Emily Mary Keeling,- was 17 years : o£ age on her last birthday, and. would have been 18 j ears old this month. : She^haH been acquainted with Fuller* (who lives dose by) for some tune, but was not keeping company with Him. He w« *&*} for som* ' time, bat returned from Dargaville at [ Christmas, and since thenh&s haunted her, buighe did her.,^eit ftVoid him* He asked us for her two years age, when she was little more. than 15 years of age, but we of course . refused. Last night my daughter went but to k^JcF|Je>iadr» Street Church to the Bible class," and I know nothing more except what IfchitVa learnt from Miss Burgess. We hay* only one son about nineteen .years* pld, now residing at Brisbane." Jabez Edward ' Thomas, storekeeper* corner of King and Stanley Streets, said : I was m my shop about twenty minutes to seven pim^when Iheird a report of firearms. I at once ran to the door, and looking across the street saw *: girl standing at the opposite corner. I hoard her screatn, and also a man alongside her, but did not recognise him at the time. ■ (She ran across, and cried ," Oh, save me." I went .between her and the man, and the ntari ithon ran op Stanley Street to watidg Brisbane Street.' The girl at tho iam« tim« r»« »oro«l th# wft tck

wards my shop and sat down on the doorstep for, a ■ few.- seconds,! when BhefeU forward,^nd..»gaih^otied "Oh, save." I then, with Hie assistance of my sons William and v Thotuas, carried her into the house, and "my wife came to assist us. My son immediately started m a trap wliidb' We foutid close by ;f or .* f doctor*, find 4 Dr^Lawro nee returned,* with : him, arriving shortly after 7 o'clock. The doctor found two shot .wounds had been inflicted on bW, both' entering her breast, and apparently penetrating the lungs and, heart. tShe^w.aSa then alive and < coiisp&H^ an 3* ipbke ' to my wife*' telling her that Fuller had shot her, but gave no explanation why he . ■ bad ' done ■o. She 'retained consciousness to the •nd, and died about fifteen minutes past seven 'odock. •'**•■•. ;i i' '?HM'V,i /■.'}. .-'.?> W.A. Thomas also makes a statement. He says.be was'lyin£:on<.a<s6fa. m /the - house when.li.c heard two reports, which at first he t.honghj; was ,t\ie shutters falling down, tie ran' out/ and then found Mins Keeling bb 1 the doorstep, his father holding Heir m his arms. He assisted m getting tier into the?' house, and then ran M or- a doctorV At the corner of the same street he saw a trap belonging to Mr -Campion, and jumping on it asked Mr Campion to, drive t«» Dr Lawson'a residonce, Karangahape Road. , Dr Lawson at once returned with them' m a trap. ' '■■'■-■ • > The murderer; 'Edward Fulley, was a young man about 21 or 22 years of age, moderate build, fair complexion, .with-, ont beard, haying onty v a , light moustache. He had been 'usually-, employed some time m a brick yard, bdf had reoently beau irprking m the Northern Wairoa District, from which be returned at Christmas. Since then tie lifts been • chiefly, engaged •m assisting his brother . in-law,. Jenkins, m building contracts. He bore a very good reputation, possessed a quiet nice manner, and never displayed any. eccentricities beyond extreme fobdnesa for his girl victim. The victim, MisilffrailyMaryKeeliiirgi ■ was^the onlyV daughter of Mr ' Geor£e Keeling, bricklayer, arid his wife, Mrs Emily Keeling. • She- was a mostengaging an.d intelligent ;y«»ng , wqmnn, and was a general favourite with. . her companions, especially m rhe classes of the Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandrastredt.' She resided with her parents m King Street, and was not engaged m any business. — • An inquest will be held on the bodies to-day (Saturdiiy), befori ".-. Mr ., Philson, coroner., further details as to the state of FuilerV mind recently , and hbw h> became possessed of tlieT«yolycr, which is manifestly a new one, will be elicited at this inquest. ;. ::