The
witness
was
subjected
to
severe
|
questioning
By
the Attorney for the de-
|
fence.
He
was
also
asked
to
draw
a
|
diagram
of the house
in question
and
to
|
place
on
the dingram
the position
which
he
was in relarion
to
the
house
at
the
‘
time of the
tragedy.
Wiiness
said
that
it was impossible
for him
to comply with
all
that
was
required of him
by the
At-
|
torney
as
he
had
never
learnt
to draw,
|
and
was
never accustomed
to draw.
|
e
next witness
called
was
Inspector
Prince
of ihe Police
Force
who
testified
|
that
within 20 minutes
after
the
shcot-
|
ing affair
he
was
on
the spot.
He
saw
a
|
revolver
on
the floor.
|
The
witness
took up the
firearm
and
examined
it and found
that it had
been
|
charged
with six shots,
one
of which
bad
been
fired.
He
asked
the
accused
if
he had
ever
saen
the revolver
befvio,
o said,
‘'No'’.
|
He asked
the
persens ..
auaing
around
'
whether
they
had
evei
s¢en
'hat revolver
|
before
or
could
identify it in any
way.
Those
who
were
around
knew
nothing
|
about
it.
Witness
looked arounc
tur .
:use
and
saw
fresh
neadle
work wici
wio.d
elots,
|
He took up the earpet
and examined
ii.
|
He
then
left a patrolmszn
and
went
to
‘he Hospital, accompanied
by Jemmott.
The
accused
told witness
that the
eau-c
¢
*he shooting
was
a letter
the
7=
ascd
Liad received
that
morning
from
..
ioua
by
the 'Fort
St (ieorsa|
thal
1y
10
|
tended
was
to be
married
soon
and
that
|
the
lefter bearing
this
information
was
|
missing
and he would be
glad if we could
|
got
a chance
to
cverhacl
the
pocket
of
the
deceased
to see
if
that
letter
was
|
there.
When
we reached
the hospital
the
In-
s;ector
informed
us that
we
coala
not
then
see
the deceased.
On leaving
the hospital
just as the
wit-
néss
reached
the door he
met the
Chief
of
Police
to
whom
he
showed
the
re-
voiver.
:
When
witness
teturned
to
the
office
abou:
2 hours
later
several
persons
camie
there
testiiying that they
knew
the
ac-
cused
to
be
the owner
of
a
revolver,
One
individual testified
that
he
posi-
tively
knew
the
revolver
as
he
could
identify it from certain
marks
thereon.
The
revolver
was
placed
on
a
table
with
other
revolvers
and
the person
in
question
identfied
the
correct
revolver
|
taking it from the
rest.
1
Twn
hours
later,
two
other
persons
eame
in
and
one
said
that
the accused
|
had offeved
him a revo.ver
for sale.
In reply
to the
questicn
from
counsei
fcr the accused,
witness testified
that
Lie
did not know
¢l his own
persoral
Know-
ledge
whether
a revoiver
was in
the
pos-
session
ot
the accused.
!
At this
siage
the exanination
adjourn-
ed until 9 o’clock on Saturday
morning.—
West
tkina News,
Dec.
16th.
|
(1o be
continued)
|
5> 1.
U RO
I
A&
VIS
|
TELEGR-+ MS.
.
ST. CROIX STATION.
- London,
Dee.
Ib6th. - The
event
of
~
the
day,
in
connection
with
the
Irish
settlement
was
the
decision
of Mr.
Bo-
nar Law,
one of
the
strong
men
cf the
Ulster
side,
to
accept
the
treaty,
and
if not toinvite Ulster
to
come
inwo the set
tlement,
at all events
to
counsel
the
ac-
ceptance
of
the
boundary’s
commission
which
the
Marquis
of
lLondonderry
in
the
Honuse
of Lords
hin‘ed,
Ulster might
leject.
My.
Bonar
l.aw
had
been
con-
fidently relied
upon
by the
‘‘Die-Hards”’
if he spoke
at all,
to
support
Lord
Car-
son
in:opposing
tne
treaty,
or
at
the
worst
oro
nain
neutral.
Hi: speech
has
taken
much
of the force
out
oi
the
Car-
sonite
attack,
and
is
considered
to
have
insur=d
th~
ratification o
the treaty
by
an
overwhelming
majori'y
in the
House
of Commoas.
London,
ee.
16ta.-
Lord
London-
derry.
sprasia
In the
House
o1
lLords
today
in
opposition
to
the
treaty
withk
Ireland,
declared
he
litened
to
Lord
Curzoans’
speceh
yesterday
in favour
of
tne pact
with the
greatest
astonishment.
He
declared
that
the
Foreign
Seeretary’s
remarks
were
I.ot
original,
adding
that
their
s:ibs:iance
hdd
been
delivered
on
many
occeasions
by
Mr. John
Redmond”’
and
statesmen
of that
type.
''Lord
(.on-
d waderry
proceeded
to declare
that
Lord
rkenhead
one
of the
negotiators
o
the
tcoaty,
had
embarked
on
a gambl,
the
conseguence
of whieh.
if it failed
as
he
believed
it
wouid.
nobady
could vredict.
Lord Loodonderry
argued
tnat
the union
of Srath
Afriea otfered
no analogy
what-
ever .o
thie
lrish
situation,
and
declare
this
(reaty
was only
a
temporary
paili-
ative and
not a
permanent
sblation.,
He
declared
thal
the
Govt.
which bad
railed
to
suppress
vebellion
would
not
be
able
to prevent
secession,
Lord :.ondonderry,
who
is
a
member
of
the
Ulster
Govt.
hinted
that
Uister
might
refuse
to nomi-
pate
a
representative
on
the
proposed
boundary
commission,
Viscount
Bryce,
in
the House
of
Lords,
madea
striking
contributior
to
the debate
=He admitted
that
the treaty
was
imperfeet
in form,
but
contended
that
Great
Britain
was
entitied
to
the
experiment
of throwing
theresponsibility
of its
own
administra-
tion or: Ireland.
Lendon,
Dec.
16th.—Addressing
a
labour
deputaticn
last
night,
on
the
question
of
unempioyment.
Mr.
Lloyd
George
mentioned
thai
before
the war
Great
Britain
drew
about
200
million
pounds
yearly
froni
investm
nts
abroad
and
also
<aved
between
-three
ard
.our
hundred
m tlions
pounds
yearly
‘or in-
vestments.
lhe
couni:ry
could
not
do
that
any
longer.
Mr.
Clynes
inter-
.
posed
with the
len@ik
that
France
and
Germany
had practically
no
unemploy-
ment.
Mr.
Lioyd
George
agreed
and
said
that
hait of
the French
population
was
employed
on the
land end
a
large
proportion
was abscrbed
by ccuscripticn.
Then
there
was employment
provided by
restoring
the devastatéd
areas.
Regard-
ing Germany,
he
said
the
pe~
le
were
living under
artificial
conditicns
on
ac-
count of
the large
output,
of paper
cur-
rency.
Mr, Rathenau.
who visited Eng-
land recently
as
a
representative
of
the
German
Government,
told
me that there
would be
an
absolute
collapse
in
Ger-
many if things go’on as
at
present,
said
the Premier.
Does
the labour party
sug-
gest
that
we
shou'd
adopt such
proceed-
ings in this courtry,
turniag togthe
ques-
tion
of
reparations,
Mr.
Lloyd
George
said.
Germany
had
not
even
began
to
pay
Great
Britain
on
account of Jdevastat-
ed
areas
and she
hacd only partly paid for
the
cost
pf the
armies
of
occupatior.
Was
it really suggested,
he asked,
that
Great
Britain
should
not insist
upon
Gei-
many
paying
for
the
damage
she
bas
done’”.
lam bound
to
see
that Germany
pay
for the
damage
she
has
done
to the
utmost
capacity.
Apart
from
that,
he
did
not
wish
to
press
overburdening
claims
on
Germany.
The
British
for-
eign
debts,
he
said,
amounted
to
mil-
lions
of
pounds.
sterling
incivding
in
terest.
He
agreed
with
the
labour
party
that
an
agreement
was
desirable
among
the
nations
to
deal
wih
the
question
of
naitional
debts.
He
caid
he
did
not
know
whether
the
Irich
pre-
blem
really
bad
been
solved.
but
you
will know,
he
concluded,
what
it mesns
for
the
business
man
of
the
Fmpire.
The
Govt.
has
cured
this
running
sore
at
the
very
heart,
of
the
Empire
and
enable
the
Irish
people
to
take
their
place side
by
side
with
the
great
self-
governing
Dominions,
ir
the
Council
Chamber,
London,
Dec.
16th.~
The
Hovse
of
Commons
teday
adopted
the
reply to
II’I(”bLJ&GCII from
the
thione
on
the
An-
glo-Irish treaty,
rejecting
ithé
Unionist
amendment
to
the
aadress,
by
a
vote
of
401
.to
88.
The
adoption
of
the
ad-
dress
means
the acceptance
of
the treaty
by the
House
of Conmons.
The
Bouse
of
Lords
took similar
action
only
a
few
minutes
later.
The
lords
rejecied
the
Unionist amendmentby
a vote
of 166
to 48,
Dublin, Dec.
15th.
The second
private
session
¢f
the Dail
today,
havite
under
consideration
the Arglo-lrish
treaty, -d-
--jourred
without
reachirg
a
decisien
1t
Will leassenbie
in privare
sessicn
lepmor-
POW,
160
Cenlinue
i1
delikerztiore,
Ike
most
thal
cab
te
:2id
Icri
bt
is
(het
there
18
@
slicre
lessibilly
bt
(ke
pLblic sessicn,
at
whkich
1
Foped
to
feke
2
vole
cn
ike
laiifeziicn
¢f
the
lrealy
may
rcl ke
Leld
uptil Sattrcey.
Washingten,
Lec.
I€th --NMI
Raifour
gave
notice
leccay
that
Great
PBritain
wculd
prerose
ic
‘le
arms
conference
the total abclition
ot submarines.
-
Faris,
Lee.
16ih —The
Senate
tonight
voteo
ccrnfidence
in the
Govt
of M. Bri-
and
on
ihe question
of
the
resumption
of relations
by France
with the Vatican.
The
vote
was
174
to 129.