Execution of Officers.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 378, 1 April 1902, Page 1

Execution of Officers.

ADELAIDE, March 29’ A comrade of Morant’s jilting from Fretoria an February 27 th, states that Morant and Handco-w were sh that morning. Both officers kept up bravely and died like men. Morant pilled the handkerchief oft tffi-v eyes a couple of minutes before the volley was fired and faced the f.n <g par l A great deal of bitter feeing is raging 'here against the execution. When ah the facts of the case ar; known there ."will be a big noise. His version of the affair is that the officer of the -orps mid a friend of Morant’s and Hanucock were shot by the in com h’ood They caught some m the Boers who did the deed and instantly shot eleven of them.- This Mo.an.t adn-itteu at the tria- gypNEY, March 29th It transpires that Handro-.'f’s widow and three children reside tS uatliurs,,. The wife was unaware -f me fate of her husband until Uie nejps w the papers. He enlisted as a shoeing smith in the New South -Vales Second Contingent, and at the time of m.> death was a veterinary lieutenant of Carbineers. Morant was well known throughout Australia as a daring, reckless horseman. He enlisted in South’ Africa as a private for a lime prior to ioining the Carbineers. He acted as war correspondent for some