ALICE SPRINGS AFFRAY.
CHAIRMAN OP INQUIRY CRITICIS ES LAX POLICE REPORTS.
WITNESS BEARS A TERRIBLE SCAR.
During the cioss-cxamination of Constable Murray, the Chairman of the Board who is inquiring into the killing of 31 blacks in Central Australia strongly criticised the casualness with which police reports treated the taking blacks’ lives. Murray’s superior at Alice Springs, Sergeant Nobles, was submitted to a raking cross-examination by the Chairman. He admitted that he had not verified Murray’s report. He said he had n*o record of the names of the blacks killed, as he did not think it was necessary.
The Board then examined William Morton, who bore a scar extending from the top of his head to the aeek. He gave evidence of how he. nearly lost his life when the natives attacked him.
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Shannon News, 25 January 1929, Page 4
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133ALICE SPRINGS AFFRAY. Shannon News, 25 January 1929, Page 4
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