THE DILKE SCANDAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2414, 1 October 1886, Page 2

THE DILKE SCANDAL.

Tho Tory paper, which sonic time a»o averred that Sir Charles Dillco's" Fanny" had boon spirited away to South Australia now reaffirms the fact and adds that tho young lady's wharoaboute isjtofectly well known to several pcrsonJfc Adelaide. Tho first question of importance the new Home SumitUiy (Mr Henry Matthews) will havo'to 'consider is, whether the man whom (in hii capacity of Mr Crawford's advocate) lib recently so vigorously denounced as a'scoundrel of tho blackest dye is to be prosecuted by tho Crown for perjury. 'Sir Charles Dilko himself will neither shrink from nor welcome prosecution. He simply despairs of proving himself conclusively innocent while the public remains in its present temper. ' Truth' points out that a prosecution would have to be based on the evidence of two witnesses; Where would these witnesses be found 'j No two witnesses have deposed that Sir Charles met Mrs Crawford at Warron-stieetjbr that he took her upstairs in his own !'«fc; whilst it is obvious there cannot witnesses as to what occured cither at Warren-street or his house or her house. The more one examines the late trial the more one can see how Dilke was handicapped. Somo day, lam Bure,. peoplo will regret bolting the charming-'' 'Nia's" story so readily. - Exchange