The Great Barrier Murder.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2504, 20 January 1887, Page 2

The Great Barrier Murder.

TRIAL OF CAFFREY AND PENN,

United Prkss Association,

Aucrdaod, January 19. This morning Mrs Taylor, tho widow of the murdered man, who appeared dreasfid in deep mourning, gave evidence Of what transpired on the morn- ' ing of the murder. Penn came to their house after 7 a.m.,.and said lie came, from the cutter Teviot, and wanted butter for Tairiia.. Another vessel was lying in the bay, Penn sat down while witness and' her husband prepared to give him tlie.buttor, and then Caffrey sprang in (presenting/the revolvers, and shouting three times in a rough voice 4-" Put' up 'your l "hands, Taylpri" -''The latter doty! shoot me." She 1 could iltft; see ifssi'had a revojyer, aa he his kaiitfe in his coat pockets. ■, Caffrey fired'tliree shots at deceased, who staggered-a. little and ran into the bedroom, both Petto and Caffrey following/ She heared'-'a fourth allot fired l 'then,, and rail awiyscrMiing for help, followedby?en» witha revolver threatening to sh'oother if she'did not keep quiet, Site appealed to Gaffrey to protect iier,. and he told Pe'nn'to desist. Both meii going away.she returned to and : found her husband on the bed-" foom floor. Her two daughters and 1 .fl.in had fled, and the only living person, in the house was the infant child of Mrs Seymour, which was in bed, the -mother having fled in her nightdress. "WitnessbelievedCaflroy had killed her husband because she saw him fire, three, shots, but could not' say who really shot him. She saw both men with her, husband iu the bedroom, Penn holding- the latter with one arm rouftd his neck. Wit. ness was oross-examined St length,

TheCorrMpondent'tif the Press sends 'the following evidence as' given by Mrs Taylor:—Mrs Taylor, wife of. the murdered man,was the first witness placed in the box, She said on tho 19th June the Sovereign of the Seas came into the Har-. bour of Tryphena. Several vessels were in the harbour at the time Penn came tp 'her; hou'6e early, and asked'l'aylor for a'(found; of butter. Her husband was out for i he: butter,' and had returned, when Caffrijy' rushed in rtith two revolvers, and cried out, "Put up your hands,Taylor." She cried out ''Oh don't shoot father Johnny." Citfffey th»n cried again' "put up your, hand?," an,d fire,d three shots ia succession Penn mode no remark. When Oaffroy fired, her son Lincoln was ip the kitchen at the time. He cried .out " Don't shoot father," and ran put of the be ; drnom'door and jthefl out of tho w tidow. The slfots did nut tak« effect, and her huahaucl r«n

through the-' bedroom door, ,aud Caffrey ran ■ after him, and smashed the, door open. Penn followed him,, she soreamitigmurder all the timo. Sho rushed into the bedroo ut, and 'saw Penn with his arm round He pointed n revolver to his right hatid. i When he poised the-revolver ,She ran screaming into'the kitchen. She saw a pool of blood on the oilcloth on the floor of No. 1 bedroom, which' is about a yard from the kitchen. She heard a fourth shot fired while running about. . 1 She thon.ran out towards the Stockyards, near Sandy Bay. • Penn followed her, sCrtd*crioH aurf,-p"di>n J t you'run any further. If you do I will blow.your brains out." He had a revolver^,his hand which he pointed at her. "Oh,"she cried, "Don't shoot a poor old woman like me," He asked, " Where'are the eirla ?" She replied, " Oi» I don'Ji know,! 1 . H? said "don't tell me any stories; you have thoia planted in bed, " Well, if you can't Relieve mo, you had, better 40 and see," she answered. He was loading a revolver all the time while balling her tip in the stock yard. She | saw Caffrey coming along, towards the j stock yard from the house, She oould 1 dot see whether he cauie nut of ( the.] house or not, She callel Oaffrdy' to- her and''said, "Oh, Johnny, I Johnny, . what does this man want to shoot me for? 'vCaffrey had a revolver in one hand and a cord in the other, He had blood on his coat. Gaffrey said,. " Come on, don't'harm the old womati; she never did anything to roe." She asked "Qh Johnny, what have you done J" be answered "Oh I have done it, I have done it," Shesaijd "Johnny, you have murdered an innooent old man," He" replie-!.,. . I have- not done yet, lam going to finish the lot." .The prisoners then went away to the vessel, She returned to the huuse, and saw h»r husband sitting straight up against a big box, his head on his chest, and his arms stretched o it. She could' get no answer, He was dead. She thought if she allowed him to remain in that position they could not get him into the coffin, so she got a pillow and stretched the body, out- Thetd was no person in the house then but herself. She then got c into the djngy with hor son and daughters, and went across the bay to Blaid's pnst offico, Whilf going across she saw the Sovereign of the S--.is beating out from Sandy Bay. The weatlw was very bad,