ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2383, 16 July 1892, Page 3

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

The body of a young man, Arthur Todd, was found about a mile from where his horse was discovered at Wellington. He had fallen into a water-race. Harry Olsen, 21 years of age, a compositor in the Ashburton Guardian office, died suddenly in his bed at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning from heart disease. A man named B. Knight was killed by a fall of earth while working at St. Martin's Brickworks, Opawa, Christchurch, on Wednesday afternoon. Mr William Taylor, employed in the Lyttelton Times office for many years as a compositor, died suddenly last Thursday night from heart disease. iVlr John Boyle, of Valetta, near Mount Soiners, was crushed in a gateway by a dray on Wednesday. He walked a mile to Mr Rutherford's, and died almost immediately. A rather serious stabbing affray took place at a dance held at Middlemarch, Dunedin, on Tuesday night. Two men named George McGairr and Samuel Callon had a quarrel, when the former stabbed Callon in four different places. McGairr has been arrested and remanded to Dunedin. Callon was taken to the Dunedin Hospital. The stabs are not serious, The Conlon poisoning case Avas resumed at Kumara on Wednesday, the court sitting at 10 a.m. Four witnesses were examined. Mrs Priest, the new tenant of Cordon's cottage, said that the rats wex'e a great nuisance, and that it was impossible to sleep at night because of them. They even came inside if the door was left open. There were also holes similar to rat-holes in the kitchen fireplace. George Ingill, the storekeeper from whom the poison was purchased, was examined at length. In cross-examination by Mr Free, he would not swear that Mrs Conlon said that her husband asked her to purchase the poison, nor would he swear that the word " rats " had not been used. Mrs Conlon was much livelier, taking a keen interest in the proceedings. As the court was cold, she was accommodated with a seat by the fire, where she sat taking notes freely. The case was concluded on Thursday. Mr Free in his address sought to have the charge thrown out. Mrs Conlon's demeanour had been most natural and wifely throughout. There was not any suspicion attaching to her. Her answer to Constable McKay was direct and reasonable. Because the constable had said " Have you any poison, or had you any in the house," it was natural that she, in her father's house, should say " No." He had no objection to a Supreme Court trial, only because it would confine a delicate woman for two months in gaol. Major Keddell congratulated counsel upon his splendid address. He felt bound to commit, nevertheless, because it was only fair to accused and her relations that the most light should be thrown on so serious an affair. Accused was then formally committed for trial, bail being refused.