MURDER IN WELLINGTON.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 164, 23 September 1892, Page 6

MURDER IN WELLINGTON.

A serious shooting affray took place on Waterloo Quay, near the Railway wharf, Wellington, about eleven o’clock on Sunday morning, resultingl in the death of Charles Greenrose, aged about 37, a Russian Finn, an A. 8., belonging to the Doris Eckhoff, a Danish barque, which recently arrived from New York, and the. wounding of Donald McDonald, about 45 years, a Scotchman, second officer of the same vessel. Henry William : Finley, who committed tho deed, is chief offißer of the . Doris Eskhoff, and from statements made it, appears he was not on friendly terms wi'fli the other officers and crew on the voyage out. On Saturday night some of the crew were drinking in one of- the hotels, in company with William Lynch, a seaman of the English ship Waimate, when they met Finley and Ernest Seel, chief officer of the American barque Wallace B. Flint, which came here from Adelaide. A row ensued, but eventually the men separated and left for the purpose of joining their vessels, lynch accompli r. teg the crew of the Doris Eck- ; on board the ; <sel OriSunch, -in con til he de■c i (Ureenrose) mid McDonald, visited the \y~ -see B, Flint, for the purpose, ho says, of ising to the chief officer, Seel for the part „ook in the row. . Seel was not on hoard, and :ay came on shore again, but while walking ... mg the breastwork, opposite the Lion Foundry, they met Finley and Seel. at once said to Lynch, '• You are the son of a I’m looking for,” and the latter said, “Well, if you want me, here I am.” Lynch states that'Finley then pushed him, and he retaliated by striking him. but whether in the face is not certain. The quarrel was apparently becoming general, when it is alleged Seel called to Finley to ‘ Shoot the ’ Finley drew a revolver and presented it at Lynch, but it missed fife twice. Lynch then cleared away Some .30 yards, and Finley fired two or three shots at him, but missed him each time. Greenrose endeavoured to prevent the shooting, and received a bullet in the heart, expiring immediately; Finley and Seel then followed Lynch, who made'for his ship, and as he was climbing over the rail Finley had another shot, which again missed, though only a very few yards separated tho men. Finley and Seel then proceeded on board the Wallace B. Flint. Which shot struck McDonald, who was wounded in the left thigh, near the groin, is not certain, hut it is thought that it was one of those intended for Lynch. Constable Johnson, followed by Mounted Constable Wilson, were quickly on the scene, and despite the efforts of Seel to prevent them, pushed their way on board and arrested Finley, with a five-chambered revolver—of which four „v ...?. . ucen discharged—m his possession. A few minutes later Seel was arrested in his cabin J>y Peteotive Herbert and Constable Gautley.