THE TUCKWELL CASE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 149, 3 October 1910, Page 5

THE TUCKWELL CASE

MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER. (MORE INTERESTING EVIDENCE. . | By Telegraph.—Press Association. , J Wellington, Last jtfijgjhit. -m The mysterious Tuckwell case >as re- '<s sumed* yesterday, when further interests .Jj ing. matters were introduced, Miiding a , & statement from M. Walker, Wellington wi street, Auckland ''"a Further evidence was called and suib« J| sequently the matter, was hung up pend* -'$ ing further enquiries. 3j His Honor Mr. Justice Cooper presided, ~ jj Mr. Petherick appeared for the Tuok- '£ <w<tt family and Ma 1 . Stafford for tkev ~<J| Public Trustee. '"s Kis Honor announced that 'he had re* ,;Jj eeived the promised communicatidn from: gl iM. Walker, Auckland, who was possibly I a clergyman. The writer stated |that in ■ttt March, 1001', he met a'man who said his m name was Tuckwell. He left Bathurst, 3! N.S.W., early one Saturday morning £on ■ ;j| Coba-r. He left his train at Mullioil ,3 Creek, a small station seven or eight) $S miles beyond Orange. When he returned * .J to the platform the train had gone and) -vj he set out to walk 14 miles to Warne, ' r <J where he intended breaking his journey to see some mining operations. At the feme the writer was stationed at Orange, „<J visiting W&rne every quarter, driving, /Q 'Where mMs sulky. On the day men* f| tioned (in March, 1901!), toe overtook! "*$ "Tuckwell" aibout eight miles from! ,>»§ Warme, and Tuckwell rode in the trap' 's3 the remainder of tlie journey. He said *'& his name was "Tuckwell," and later that he was from Wellington. Walker ques- ''jf-jj •tfioned) tan very closely about New Zea- '■ jjj land, for at that time he (the '*s was thinking of vasifeing the Dominion. '<rf The correspondent added: "I don't know anything of the case now before you, and '**jj the man I saw may not be the Tack "-ell '*| whose identity is in question, but! <h em- , 1 edl it right to let you know; hence my 'jj wire." • ys& His Honor: He was going to Coiar, but) 'iS was breaking (his journey at Wifrne. jDt ,% M surely was an extraordinary tMig that ' J§ this man should, after the Wales police report concerning ma, have 1-M disappeared absolutely so that none could N| find him. ■■--<- ijjj Mir. Stafford mentioned the question of presumption of deatli after seven years' 'v absence. .bMHH , : » l | His Honor: If the conveyance were il signed (by Geoge Tuckwell in 1803, then >!| it was a fact that since Uggg he had *«1 never communicated with h%*mily for -^ eleven years. .■' i\~T _a Mr. Stafford said that TucflfTOll had no '1 motive for making any enquiries regard l - -Jf ing the family, because ne'Wnid not get '<« the fund (under the father's will) until : m 1898. im His Honor: Either George Tuckwell Z-M was alive in 1901 or he was dead. It --M was he at Cobar, or a person imperson- J§ atiiwg him. We've got to presume that 1m person dead, too. t (J Robert George Gillespie was re-calledi' ~'M and gave evidence as to Tuckwell's phy« -£ s'ieal "umce. ■ f;,^t| In refer >ce to certain statements of ,^|j certain affidavits, his Honor said there ,yj was no question that the Tuckwell fam» '.fffi ily believed that the whole affair wa» fi^m a' fraud and that Gillespie :was at the sg| bottom of it. It !m After heafimg further evidence his s jS Honor directed that Mr. Walker be ap- f *J| proached with regard to giving further '</$ information concerning his conversation to with "Tuckwell." On the nature of his ', ,;A (Walker's) replies would depend whether '$ he should make an affidavit or be brought -4 fl down to attend the Court.' His Honor -jf| did not think the latter would he neces- % sary. It was mentioned that the report !$ of the police at Cobar this year stated' \^| that there were many persons there stiH j.s who knew this man "GeoMarfuokwell" \.jJI personally. One man/Poole.'wclared he ,§| not only knew Tuckwell, he went to. " '-j» In a discussion, his Honor emphasised . ;1 the necessity for the utmost, publicity if , Tuckwell were to be found.\ One of the }',% giremtest methods was per medium of the 'Jj press. The court's directions were thart- ;m steps sliould be taken to prosecute exten- /Ji tive emquiries in the quarters indicated. ;^m Meantime the matter will stand overrun- '' '«| til the results of these enquiries are "M ascertained, 4 9j