THE GREAT BARRIER TRAGEDY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 22 January 1887, Page 2

THE GREAT BARRIER TRAGEDY.

.On Wednesday, in Icross-examinatiou, Mrs' Taylor said she had nothing to say about the attachment between Caffrey and her daughter. They were 1 iriende and > there had been Bogie talk about their being married, but she took no notice of it.’' Caffrey had been kind ant} obliging to their family. When Caffrey came to the stockyard j.there jyas blooc} lon the revolver in his band as well as on his sleeve. During the half hour; she was with Penn before Caffrey came, he was talking about the girls and loading, the. .revolver ;.,she saw no blood oh him. Mrs Seymour, daughter of the murdered .man, gave i corroborative evidence, as did, Sarah Jane Taylor, and ‘Lincoln; Taylor, son of the deceased. !l »■ Mrs Seymour was examined as to her acquaintance with Caffrey., She, had known Caffrey about six ! years. She, was living then ' with her father at Trypheua. Caffrey was than paying her attention and expressed a wish lio marry heKf. She was engaged to him, but ' she'broke off the engagement nearly three years ago, and there had been no intimacy between them: She was married to Mr Seymour two years ago next month, twelve months after the engagement with Caffrey was broken off She had nothing to do with Caffrey since the engagement with Seymour.: She was confined in May last;year. She stayed at Mrs Bayley’s, and had been just a week at home when .her father’s death occurred. In cross-examination she said Caffrey. had always been kind to her. She had no tattoo mark on her arm. She had once had the initials “J. 0.” on her arm. She put them there herself. 1 hey signified Caffrey, and he bad asked her to do it. , On re-examination by Mr Glover, witness said when she broke off the engagement with Caffrey he took it very badly. He’ said he would bring either a 1 ring or a revolver. He said she should not have any other man if she would not have him,' ” The evidence on Thursday disclosed, little now. ■ The evidence taken was that of James Blair, who : found Tailor’s ' body, Dr Walker, who made the post morten examination Henderson, part owner of the cutter Sovereign of the Seas, John Brett, carter, and Samuel Robinson, i carter, who deposed to the goods shipped on board the cutter and the receiptfor them from Penn. The depositions of Grape Graham were rend, ■ ; I This concluded the case for the .pro.' ; | soculioD* . ;