THE BARRIER MURDER, THE PRISONERS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Friday Night.

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THE BARRIER MURDER, THE PRISONERS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. [BY TELEGRAPH . -OWN CORRESPONDE NT.] Auc kland, Friday Night.

Caffhky and Perm were an aliened at the Police Court to-day. The Ciown Pio-ccutor, in opening the case, .said he stated, when the intciruption took place, that the giil Graham would inform his Worship of the circumstances immediately before and after the firing of the fatal shot. She, along with Caffiey and Perm, was on board the cutter. On the evening of the 17th June when she went on board with Caffiey and Perm fcheie were also on board several other persons, whose names he had not been able to ascertain. There seems to have been a convival party on the cutter that opening. Brandy, rum and wine were freely drunk until the men were in a delinous condition. Late at night the cutter got under weigh, all the company h.uing left her except Caffrey, Perm, and the trirl Graham. Caffroy took hi-? position ;vt the wheel. The (tr.ih.un le-lnxme-d on d<>ek also, and Perm went down bslow to his bunk. In going down the R.uigitoto channel the vessel became Uiiunnageable, and drifted on to the rocks .it the Ilangitoto Island. The gill will say that certain circumstances occurred whilst the vp-xcl was here, which will go to show preiuedjatinn (»n the part of tno prisoners, either one or lv>th of them, of a design to cairy out the ciime which was subsequently committed. On the voyage down revolvers were produced and their efficiency tested. They anchored in Tryphena haibour early in the morning, and th<> plan of attack was discussed by Caffiey and Perm, ,md the girl will telly<»ur Worship that she heard Caffrey dnect Perm to go to the hoirse and ask for butter. It wa- arranged that Caffrey should watch his opportunity, insh in, .seize the girl, and carry her otf. It wb understood th.it if there was any tesi-,-taiiee the old man should be tied up and mutilated, and in fict it was azreed that hi-, eais should be cut off. The gul Graham actually heard all this, and her evidence on the p>int will .show the dangerous character of the men. These arrangements having bvn in ide, the men got into the cutter's dingy mid pulled ashore. When th-y lauded, whether they were Hred with having been up .ill night, or whetin r they th mght the T.iyl- rs had not liben, they at all events stretched themselves on the grass and went to slepp. Subsequently the gitl saw Perm getting up and walking away in thu direction of Taylors house. Caffrey so>>n afterwaids ioso fiom the grass, and also followed in the same diieetion. Tin 1 ov ideneo of the girl shows that Perm arri\ed at Taylors house first. The statements of the other witnesses serve to infoim us of what happened at the house. Mrs Taylor will tell us that she and her son Lincoln, a boy of 10 yens, and the girl Janie were going about their ordinary household woik. The other girl, who is known as Mrs Seymour, was in bed at the back with her baby. It will appear from Mrs Taylors statement that Perm went into the kitchen, where he was received with that cordiality which is customary in all these o mntrv placo*. He was invited to take a se.it, and tlien said that his business was to pet .omo butter for the cutter Teviot. It w.i-, cibtom.iry for Taylor to supply butter to the.se vessels th it tiade with the isl uid. At the time Pei.n mule his nqu'st for butter Taylor was engaged in cutting a poition of a sh-vp for hrukfa t. He :it once acceded to tlu> lequest, and proceeded to wash his IkuuK for the purpose of getting thebuttcr. At this moment Caffiey lushed in and cilled to Taylor to hold his hands up. Those who were there at the time will tell the Coun, that Taylor replied, "Oh, •Johnny, don't shoot me." The evidence will go to show that a shot was then fired, but it did not t-ike effect. We have not Inen able to find that bullet, although s 'such was made for it ou the occisi.m of the imfurNt and nls< yesterday. The boy, ahimed it what was happening, rushed through the ontie door. Caffrey called on him to come back, a'ld another shot \va> then fired. That bullet was found directly above the dooiway. It was cut out with a piece of wood, and will be placed b?tore the Couit. Mr-> Seymour made her e>c ipo from the back, and the other gii las well as the boy also escaped. Mis Tiyloi and the deceased man Taylor were thus the only persons left in the house and in regard to what happen* d in the house subsequently we shall have to rel\ on tho evidence of Mrs Taylor. She v\ill tfll yom Woi->hip that the old man rushed through the room into one of the centre ap.utments. lfer lemembi nice of what hipp Hid then is viitually indistinct, but she s.xys the ni"n followed her husband. SiewdlalM) Ml the court tint she saw P. mi holding her husband with one arm .nd pointing a icvolver with the other, uliile Ciffiev died a pistol at him. The ballet fiom tiiis shot ponetrntfd the left i yp, and enteied the old man's brain. VlthoMgh four shots were tired, this was the only one that appeared to have struck Taylor.' At this time Mrs Taylor was frantic with excitement, and lushed out of the house and did not return. On her way from the lum^c she proceeded in the direction of Sandy IJ.iy, over tln> same track which Caffrey and Perm would have to follow on their 1 eturn to the vessel. On her way .she passed the place called the stockyard, about 2~>o yards from the house. She w.vs there o\« i i taken by Pe.m and Caffrev. At this time Mis Taylor was seen fiom the hill bv the two <;n is/ and they would say that IVmi's attitude and demeanour tow.uds luv were of a tineat nuig character. MrsTavlotwilltpllusth.it Perm siid to hor tli.it if she did n<>t shut h^r mouth lw> would blow her biains ooru r Caffiev then lett the house, and called to Perm to " conn 1 aw«y." They left the old woman at tin siockyaid, and leturned to the csittei W.5 shall not bj able to disclose with s,, much ceitainty as we would deMie which of the men it 'actually was who tir^d the f itf I shot, but :it thi- stige it wiU not b<' ne.-os-iuy to show which mm lii»d the sh'«t. It will be quite sufficient for Mir ]i'U'|jos(>s at present to show tint they both were then 1 and tint they weie both cone. in >d l-i i, uisipg Taylors death. If tin, c n I)' 1 shown then each of the pnsoners is " |m'l\ rui tv of murder. It is not mcunib • t mi t!i Mnospi ution to show who fired the f ital vint. W-< lfow fall back again on th. 1 s( iteui"iit of the girl who will t-dl us tlntC.uleij was the (n-,t to get back to tin* ciitt-'r. The gul Graham says that when (Jatfrey came on Inaid again he held up one of the levolveio coveied with blood, at' the Mine time saying "Look here, Giacie :" (" Giacie" was the name by wliich the girl was known to the men). She. said " Oh, Jack, what ha\e you done ?" and his reply was " I have put the old cuss Taylor out of the road." His clothes showed what had happened. His tiousers were covered with blood, which glistened in the blight sunshine of the morning. Hi.s coat and hands, and also a new hlack hat which he wore for the fiist time that morning, were also covered with blond. The girl Graham says she asked Catfiev how it was that the blood got on his ha*", and he explained it foil off into a pool of blool, and got covered in that way. It appeals that he then asked her for the black flag. This rlaj; was produced at the convivial party on the cutter on the pievious evening, and the question was then askod what it was requited for. and Cattiey replied that it was for the death of old Tusky, this being the nickname frequently applied to Taylor. The gul will also tell you that at the time of tho Ilangitoto incident she hemmed the Hag for Cafhey. John (Jeffrey asked her for tho flag and she went bolovv to search for it, but she will tell you that she felt some reluctanco in having anything to do with it, and did not pass it up. Caffrey then came below, and taking it on deck ran it up to the masthead. While she was looking for tho black flag the other levolver was placed on the cabin table, but she does not know by whom it was placed theie. This accounted for time levolveis. Two were on bo.nd, and the other was found in tho house. This latter

proved on examination to be of a faulty nature. The Rill bay* that when the pi.icticts took place on the way tow.uds the (Jieat Ban km- one of the revolvcis was fuilty, and nnfcscd firo neaiJy every tune. One of tin 1 other revolvers was found in the posses-ion of U.iffi.'y, and the other on Perm at the tune of their nri^t. The i?ifl sivh that hue examined Mie revolvers critically arid found as ie n 'irds one that four shot-, lnd hejn diV-ai^ed, only one i;*>m lining. This, *he s tys, w,n C tfFrey's Ho far ;ii Ponn's icvoher was concerned only oiv) shot had been hied out of it, but with le^aid to th it we aie not in a po-i lion to ,jy whit shot- ucie Hied. On th"ir way auos-. the i-land, u ln-n Term tlneiteiH-d .Mi-, T m lor, we aie told that he w.ii in \h" ait of loading Ins icvoher with cutridges fio.u lih picket. The n'nl then sus, "We immedi itely proceeded to hoi-t anohor and steered away '"it <>f tli 3 hubiur.'' Gun,? out of the. hat hour they pa-sed an oyster boat called the Tairua, and CifFiey liailed so i.c companion^ on b.».ird. They went into Tryphuna Jiay and got sii>iij w itur, •lmJ while bjitui!^ -xl> >ut f<ot the sads in otdi-r, and left Ui O i-l.vnd. The will tell you that while o-i the cutter a (|iianvl arose, dining winch Calfiey told Venn that ho (Fenn) ;)lae»d too much confidence in the K'll, and that she would •surely betray him. On anothf r occasion, say* the piil, CalFiey came into the c.ibm, not knowing -sh" thoie and said, "Oh, why did I kill that old ou^. 1 Thi> was said in such a manner as to show that GalFiey was fretting about tho affair. On another occasion he stuted up from the deck sayinpr, " Old fuskey (or T.iylor) he is Retting pretty stiff by this time.'' She also says tho!' object ho far .is she understood it was tocmyolf two girls, Mrs Seymour and Lu/.ie T.iylor. If necessary, weapons were to have been used and life be tak^n. It is necessary to show this because efforts will b" m ide to sh ny th'it theie wa.s no intention to do more thin tie the man Taylor. The evidence will show, amongst other things, that it was understood that the giiN weie to be earned off at all h uards and that pi th-i event of any opposition being olten d by the biothein 01 any of the relrttm>, wo.ipoiib v, cie to hi used. The evidence of the gill (Jriham was then taken. Its GffMier.il tendency was to •-how th it it was Caffery, and not Perm who liied the fatal shot.