The Te Awaite Murder.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7736, 11 February 1905, Page 2

The Te Awaite Murder.

in (Per Press Association.) >f . WELLINGTON, Feb. 10. ;s the trwl was resumed today. John Crawford, who was not aen qua in fed with accused, iden'tifiud a i- telescope produced as one taken from ,t : his whare on Te Awaite station. A is Khaki coat produced looked tike one i- that Ivan allso been taken, lxn he l to i li( ' not positively swear to it. l " t ( ' rant » ovi'rswr at To r u Awaite station, s-aid that the last time he saw accused on tlie stawas the (list week in February r IJOI. or a'jout three weeks befoie h der 'd '' tho <luy thu h ,Oli he saw McDonough, one of the !! K '" l , att f clu>d t0 Collinsun's camp s on the tableland between Te Awaite

• vjvji, » tiocK, ik'lWii.ni 11 the lnsl, week in February and the ' day of the murder ho hart soon no l strangers about other than accused ,1 co,l)d bu '» tho neighbuurhood of Cole's Creek fur a con.siderfi , alul kw P out of the road e l>n the morning of Collinson's death (Witness went oirt shooting with lie's ■,nd°" ffh |' Hu KiUV a P n<;k " horse ' l' uck saddle 011 the rear camp 'wfti, • Mc , l>ono, ' sh lhat morning l«|th Pigs they had shot. As fur as a «ee McDonongh had n finished shooting, and had packed up ready to go to camp. Saw Mcl>onough :n camp that day about 8 , ihe range of witness' tclet scope was three-quarters of a mile, but witness would not swear to re--1 tnr, n i S °., a PC ?° n Ut 11 loll K er di «- tance than about a-quarter of a mile. Witness' thought that if a man know his way from the Kennels' tamp (where L'ollinsvn's party was camped at the time of the murder) : bo SC f ° ,° f ru° nUll ' <ie '' he "OUld j ,bc able to do Jhe distance in half lne£°T If MtDom> "S h ''-'ft the Keneet fn ik lU ° " I "' hc would I'kely get to thescene of the murder at 1 Re " t ' xall,in «i by Mr MvI Omvh ho Was ce, ' tuin il was Mellon- 1 iTh. • SIUV 011 the 2(iUl '""vhruary | Jnue was no one else on the sta- • jtion like him. IX e was certain it ,« as accused lie saw earlv in FebI 'w'in T '7 ewas « «"«<« "„it £ p iew in eacli case 1 a, n° Uhl ""' buVih de- ' tout ? ° Ug " l ,ni «' lvt hav( ' ton ' 'tiny o ,'iu!" K , f ° rc b,p " k, '« s t on the ( oJ the murder. Ji c would ~nt ] 'had breakfast with ' 'it hv hi u as sometimes he had ] 'ou«h wnnt I''' ) Witness a '«> Mellon- 1 1 n2i(l Ttl Th , h for Vinson !™s loli „ ,' V , fomKi «<>*«- who j »s tosit, and subsoquentlv iw'the n first 0 to n f"J® ! K>dy - Witness 1 lOn •»!> deceased's body < IwLn V" ominff of : 'oorHd T! ?r iS aIUi JfcD "nough ,-,v 'nv and ir ISO n <lcatl ' to Ml n.v, and Mr Bunny asked how it happened, Mcltouough said : I've got my suspicions'." , I Mr Wllford : Yon then said vlf ( c ras?* 1 -« < he had } the morning before ? C . Witnewt 1. 1 " ot ' ~K' ur him. v gull at tO! ' SWn aCC " swl a a b, i at t'he camp with a rifle aul 1 Ins impression was that it wis i I Piti r ick rh M t n" S in Jyoa - 1 •ho McDonough dejiosed that ho saw accused at CoHiia SlJll 5 ",. ']nonth aU !' ;< ! ay at midnight, u!joi.t a !w?i „.n ! the murdl ' r - "'here j • $ Mile alongside the chimney , i Ke one produced. Ellis „sked i. Collinson was in camp. o n | told he was asleej) he nai l hi IntZ I" 0 hllu in tho ">'»' ii"g or anthe si'rnl WitnCi=S Saw acc,ls, - ,(1 i:r ' SCI , I , Ib neiU ' tho camp i V 'ter a ag. Witness also saw accused on & \T"'' ,lS was niuider- ' „ . w a» near the camp and j.iv as carrying , v , ifl,,. The iva wn i ,lat 14,11 'hi' jury at the Coro'on Ihn'. lW,Ura( ' UUlt he had seen Kllit froiu Kl wh° Was a,sto Riven by men 1 i Poking for Ellis. T hew arli ' ound iu uie u^-f'7 n, '°! 3C, e gave evidence of &<T3wr this «-• Counsel for accused said hc did row " S a(1 - lol "' 11 V (1 until to-mor-