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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 1 April 1913, Page 4

The trades uniof officials in Auckland are anxious ,to w/it oji the Hon. H. D. i Bell, Minister of/Internal Affairs, while 1 in Auckland, an/ ask'for some explana- -i tion of what is—oyn as the "Johnson case." Johnsoi, it will be remembered, was shot in fhe leg during the Waihi strike. He w/s a leading witness for the Crown in proreedings which followed. On a subsequent" Saturday morning he went to the poli* station to collect expenses due to hiA as - a witness. That same evening W was,en route to the Auckland Mental Bbspital. Hl3 escape from the institutufa, and his further action in procuring /ertific'ates from three leading medicaV men -to the effect that he was sane, A-e already known to the public. The JinisteV leaves Auckland for the j district to-morrow morning, but f! on bk return it is hoped that a deputa- i Won/ will be successful in meeting him j in iegttrA. to the matter. " & I / / " (1