TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1277, 30 July 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. .. ....... .....i,.,f. , „\ ',',,0 j> ■< v.' '.'«■• (*BOM Ojm.OWS COBKESfONDBNT.) . ■..-,,.. "-I" 1 . I* .!• 'ifi}\' ■••■CiIM-t-JiVi => 1- .., '/..,,. j: ..; ' •.. ;-.;i .A>OKLAHPi, -27.veri ,: ,Wifliam Burns, for an ind'edentassault on a child of ''4 '.Jears old was committed to-day fot trial ' A private cable message has been received stating .that Judge Manning died on the 24th insfc' Th^ 'Agen^ General will send the retnains'to^Tpw,' Zealand. . ' ':; -'■:•-' •'.■■! *••'•'■■■•••• ■•' DtJNEDIHT, 27. The local Refrigerating Obflipanj have received a c^bld; jrie^^ from London, dated 26thi slaWg fhat £he, Fenstatoh's cargo ol^fVo^ji jneat ,netr ted £12,600 or an". .average of 6fd. per lb. The Ist annual meeting of the Society for the prevention of Cruelty, j to Animals was held tonight, > Mr Justice Williams in the chafr. Bishop Neville was the principal speaker. The attendance was large aixd influential.' The Society has beert able to igakpboth ends meet so, fejr;" arid tii4 tn^ spector has done excellent work .-The committee and officers <■ were re-ap-pointed. ...... „•■--■-.•,: The case, against the Shag Point Coal Company, for insufficient ventilation of the mine was dismissed. Timabu, 27. A man named Chesney was to-day committed for trial at the Supreme Court df 'attempt^ highway robbery with, violence" on the 21 inst, at the Waimate Gorge, The accused bailed up a farmer, stating he had four reVcjlvers ; the farmer . fortunately for himsef, had no money. He jumped on accused's horse and rode away, and subsequently the accused was arrested by the police. Chbistchurch, 27. It is rumored that the cable mes- , saae re the Alford Forest diamond says they are cutting diamonds of no great value. There is a ; ■ * great demand for the' Diamond Company's shares, £66 being paid for shares on which only 12d is paid Up. ... .;. .... ; •• -j .8,,:---i (|; ,. .'. i .Nelson^ 28. ■-■■ Between six and half-past this morning a most dreadfu^tragfedy was" en-, acted at the.NelspiijQaol,! whioh^ in fact, was 'a isequeLof i'the lidrrible' murder committed at the Lyell last January. At present it is impossible to gather all the particulars of the affair, but, from what, has transpired, it would appear that about six o'clock this morning the only warder in charge, Mr John Adams, must have allowed John Davidson, a prisoner serving a life sentence for the manslaughter of Denis Quinlan, to leave his cell, probably to enable him to go to^work in the kitchen. Davidson appears to have l)eeh looked on as a very quiet man, for, though special precautions were taken with him after he was sentenced,, he seems to have been so dpcile as to have averted any apprehensions: of his becoming violent. /Adams, ; it would appear, after liberating the prisoner, proceeded into the yard, and then came the dreadful deed. The prisoner was left without control,, and probably seized with a desire to escape, he seems to have taken a tomahawk, and therewith smashed in the guard room door. That idone, he seized a couple, of loaded revolvers, and with one hastened to the yard where poor Adams was, and shot him through this head. "'Of course the deed was unwitriessed.^ut' frdm the surrounding circumstances this would appear to have/been the course pursued. The noise of the revolver awakened Mr fihallorass, the gaoler, and Mrs Shallcrass, and both having but an indistinct idea that there was something wrong, hastened into the gaol without waiting for anything. In the corridor they were met by Davidson, with the two revolvers, which he was presenting. The gaoler spoke to the man firmly, but kindly, to induce him to retire, and Mrs Shallcrass aaked him where Adams was. To this he said, "Oh, he's in the yard, all right" Mrs Shallciass then entreated him to lay aside the weapons, and he parleyed for a considerable time, and appeared to be somewhat pacified. He then demanded of Mr ShaHcross that he should let him pass and escape from the gaol, and, though unarmed, the gaoler op-

posed him. Davidson thereupon com- i tnenced speaking of the Lyell tragedy, making a charge against the woman j concerned therein, and asserting his : own innocence, and while Mr and Mrs Shafllcrass were doing all tfcey cdulcl ' to pacify him, the man put one of the revolvers into his mouth, and in an instant fired and was deacL .. : ; The unfortunate warder, Mr Adams, came here from "Wellington recently, and had a wife and four children, the ypung^sjtb.hfiing-only two monthsold. Later. . Mr Shalicrass, the gaoler, was very reticent this morning, and it now appears that •Samuel Adams, the warder, was stabbed in the back of his head, and also in the abdomen by Davidson, who was employed at the gaol as cook, and that he used one of his knives. The event has caused a great sensation here, and the authorities are greatly blamed. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Wellington, 28. The Interprovincial Football Match —Wellington v, Canterbury— was played here to-day, and won by the local team. The Legislative Council yesterday Dax! , on the motion to discontinue the payument of honorarium to members of the Council.