THE DEAN SENSATION

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1777, 9 October 1895, Page 2

THE DEAN SENSATION

A STOUNDING' DEVELOPMENTS

DEAN AND HIS SOLICITORS ARRESTED. . - Sydney, October 5. . A tremendous sensation was caused iff the.city this afternoon when the Dean 00 so assumed another phase.. .Mr Meagher was arrested first. . Mr Crick; his partner, went to the police station to bail him put, when he too was Itaken into custody. * " Later on Dean was arrested, all three beiag charged on a warrant issued by tho Crown with conspiring to defeat the ends ofbrftice., ' - - By half-past- four p.m. all tlmaccusod were bailed? tho amount of bail being-fixed at-£300.0 each. It is understood that. , the arrests eventuated through somS conuaumca- , tion majde: ; Sinith, chemist, ,to the Attorney-GeUei'ali but its purport is unkuown;. t:issurmised_ that -it sots at tasi thh question, ' “Where did the prison ybnie' Trohi'?!^; t: Mr interviewed after his release/had very' little to say, remarking that Mr Want, the AttorneyGeneral; hsl • takpn him/ away ftpm: some pi oces-ot boiled fish tordoy (referring.to the fact that" he was lunching at the time lm heard the warrant was out)V« find me turned to shark ; Hfiforp this is overand added, ‘ I havehot taken any action before, biitnow will make revelations which will make, those in high places sit up.’.; ip? described the action of the Urowi/as-a political job. , Sydney, October 6. There are "ho further developments in tho Dean case, excepting that it has been ascertained beyond doubt that the Crown holds a. statement "on oath from-a certain chemist that ho supplie 1 Dean with; two different kinds of poison, t - ‘ 1 Thp ,wa|rhhti3/were issued for the arrest o|;Me%her, Crick, and Dean at the instance’tof the Attorney-General.

Dean,: who appears quite, unconcerned at the latest development, still hiaihtains his innocence/ and declares* that: he is not afraid of the final result.

Truth, newspaper, publishes what it states to be the substance of an alleged confession by Smith, the chemrist. It is. to the effect that shortly before Mrs Dean’s illness* Dean came to his shop Pad obtained a quantity of both arseni? and- strychnine, ,saying that ho wanted to kill rats, aud that h 6 required both poisons, to make short wojrk Of the;‘ vermin. As his assistant was out and there' were no witnesses ..present, '% ; at first demurred, but being strqpk Deau’s, apparent truthful mannqiv atlast consented to give him’ :the poisins asked for, but did not fenterit inthe.poiß.Qns sale boik. Dean, he says, , "had previously been three times ih tbo slfopv*ahd got procriptions. made up for his wife. In the light of subsequent developments Smith says was confess, fearing the" consoqueupes of the neglect of entering the sale of poisons in his books. Smith has refused to be interviewed. 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, on being interviewed, Wdihd hlid received a large number of letters since be made his g atement, one containing information which' led' id the arrests yesterday, but he declined at present to divulge its nature. , ■. - ■ i '- - „/ . J-; -/ ■ Sydney, October 7. iWith a view of proving conspiracy the~Gr&ivfi will endeavour to pro ve-that became aware that Bihith J&hd-;;6upplied poison to Dean, and a great pbiht in their case will be that, after Dean was convicted and in gaol, bis attorneys knowing him to be guilty,' persisted in the. agitation for big release, and ultimately succeeded in bringing about his freedom. • One -the other hand, presuming a knowledge of Dean’s, guilt is proved,! consideration will have to be given to the question how far a solicitor is entitled fo consider any [communication coming from; a client' as confidential. Thus -me Case may bristle with legal technicalities as well as sensational revelations. , ’ ~. .>- - :

Crick states that he intends to bring tbe mdtter-before Parliament. He is firmly -cohvinoed that the action taken iS, ,sd far ; ;aS he, is concerned, with a shutting-; his mouth,, and discrediKngduhpso that when fie does speakße may be, in the words of Sir an accused person. •• Hingis; satisfied the Cabinet never sanctioned the action of the Attorney, and •that long before the case was heard- public opinion would be strongly against the latter. It; seems to him that before the Crown can enter on any ease against Dean or any one else they have ) substantiate Dean’s guilt guilt, and that they will never do. He cannot see where his part in the conspiracy comes in, as he -had only seen the man three or four times, and that Since he Was convicted.

Meagher states he has no fear of the result of the prosecution. He intends to make a statement in Parliament and will not'say now that the denowjnent in regard to what has actu ated the prosecution will prove a revelation to the public.