THE MAYFIELD MURDER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 October 1913, Page 5

THE MAYFIELD MURDER.

EVIDENCE AT INQUEST.

(By Tekoraph—Prcu Association.) ASHBT7RTGN?XasV Night. The inquest regarding the death of Jtosanna Lilley was held t*Kia;y, at the w»toh-hoiise, the prisoner Biddle being too weak to attend at the courtiousev No new facte were bfotight out in the evidence. The doctor stated that death could have Been - caused by the hammer produced. ; He examined the:k>wer part of the body, but was unable-to say whether assault had .been cottiainitted. Asked if-he wished to give evidence, Biddle.replied ; I am not in, a fit "state. ■to gfre , evkle^ce^ , : -"A vierdici was 1 returned 'tJutt. defttlt was the result of a 4xaotured skull, wilfully caused >y Alfred Mortean Biddle. , :. : Biddle will appear at the AshbortoaPolioe Ooorb on Tuesday. .

A; DISAPPOINTED CROWD.

MORBID OTJRIOSITy DISSATISFIED.

(By Ttltyrap*- — ¥***» , 4 uoctatitm.y '■;. ASHBURTON, Last' Night. Biddle was taken from Ashburton to the Lyttelton gaol hy the first espresa this afternoon. He' will receive, medical treatment there, prior to appearing before a magistrate on irenumd,- at Ashburton next Tuesday. On Monday morning a crowd of peopie had assembled at the Courthouse expecting; to see Biddle charged, but. as he was in a weak state., ie was , brought before the Justices at the .- police station. This morning an even, larger crowd, full of morbid curkwity, assembled at the courthouse, expecting that the inquest, at which Biddle had to attend, would eventuate . there. The prisoners, weakness, however, made it necessary to hold/ the inquest at the police station, and the curious ones were again foiled, „, Many were determined to see however, and a rumour of his impending removal attraoted them to the railway station in large numbers. The police easily f them by bringing Biddle up in> motor car at the last moment, and bustling him into* an inconspicuously 1 reserved compartment at the end ,of train, and opposite to what been expected. They drew tjhe blinds just as the vanguard of the disappointed ones came along the platform with a rush.