A CASE OF JEALOUSY.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1888, Page 4

A CASE OF JEALOUSY.

A LODGER ■ OSH°OI T"E attention of Coi ble " on duty the other ct IWy '^ street 'Mclb °« n e,:;^y> 0 «, was attracted *_L>.*l <*** * report £&** \ to have bee afif^ rear of some oremises on at t! * the street. __a offi on fche other _\a , »as m P rogr ess . / * d"h*l*B ™y >n the centre 0 f ff«m pass J to a small yard a .v. , buildioe iS constable, affp^>^k,4g W^^JR^gfc cat I n Ins hand, which the othJ"" 1 a re*Cr the olhcer, each desired &> *fc charge, and as there se °Sl ?\ oft*{ d ihculty in ascertaining ?K « x>n of the case both men wlr a(^ tuai merits spired that the man foundlwith ft ttra"mhis hand was the tenant %revol?« whilst the other was £ ?JVK former is named EdwadE^ describes himself m aged 35. The lodger's ni?_*Ma^ Drew, a middle SZK^ by trade, but at present ,ffiiU« Payment, There are^T r ° t U h p of * lodgers i„ the house, which" JT 6 other presided over by Mr SrtFn to menfc of Drew is to the S^JWfr after entering his room, ESM with a waking stick, and 22_®:» improper familiarity with hfwJe J?_? same time he struck him with tv t h, 6 across the arm. The men tvl , stlck Brew threw mTj&fc**** Another person in the room at thl. • bed' out for the purposerfSSfftS Drew, however, allowed Edwards ? n y the apartment, thinkiL that K» ° Wfl further f^olSXsolS: released however, Edwards rushed "hi room and procured a revolver. DnrJ£ the weapon in his hands, and ran doi_7 passage out into the yard, where he £ cover behind a wooden,died. EdwK followed, callw out that he would sfi him. He fired two shots in rather 2 succession, but neither took effect, ol to the fact of the side of the shed intervj me between the marksman and his object. 1 here are, however, two distinct ballet holes to be observed in the deal boards of which the structure is composed. Accord. ing to Drew's version of. the affair Edwards was about to fire a'third shot when, he struck his hand up and the arrival of Constable Killury put a stop to the proceedings, On arrival at the watch-house Edwards was locked up on a charge of shooting at Drew with intent to inflict upon him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner appears to have been drinking a good deal of late, and seems to have entertained a suspicion, which Drew states is perfectly groundless, that the latter was guilty of improper behaviour with his (the prisoner's) wife. .Drew had been lodging in the bouse for about three weeks, and says that no reason whatever existed for Edwards's conduct.