CABLEGRAMS

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 242, 10 October 1916, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assoclatiotj

MURDER OF A CONSTABLE,

I.W.W. DEVOTEES CHARGED. EX-N.Z. POLICEMAN IN THE DOCK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable AsßociatloaO _____ . . am (Received 10.20 a.m.) ■ SYDNEY, this day. An inquest was hrfd yesterday concerning the death of Constable Duncan, who was found shot dead in the Tottenham police station on September 28. There was no clue to the murder, and the constable seemed to have been shot while ' he was engaged typewriting. The police produced a statement by a ._ ... man named Frank Franz to the effect that two brothers named Kennedy proposed that Duncan should be shot. Under A threats to kill him if he did not obey, they forced Franz to accompany them to A. the police station and fire a rifle ai Duncan, after each of them bad fired a shot which would be fatal. Franz declared to the police that he had been led astray by the I.W.W. MBl Another statement, made by Roland .-■ Kennedy, was to the effect that Framr, proposed that the constable should be Z shot. Franz fired twice. Kennedy declares that his brother, Herbert Kennedy, refused to take part in the murder, saying tbat be was a married man, and it '•■--, was not worth his while. A third statement was made by Michael Herbert Kennedy, who declares that he knew nothing of the shooting of ' tbe constable until tlie next morning, when his brother told him of the occurrence. Herbert Kennedy admitted that he was a spokesman for tbe 1.W.W., and believed in the teachings of that body. He was formerly a member of tbe New Zealand police force, and resigned about five years ago. The three men were committed for trial on a charge of laving murdered Duncan.

A STBIKEB AT WAIHL

EX-PRESIDENT OF THE HXION.

(By Telegraph. —Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, this day. Michael Kennedy, mentioned in the Sydney cables, was a constable stationed - f in Wellington for eighteen months. He resigned and became prominent at Wa_& z during the strike. After several officials '• had been arrested he was elected presi- ■»• dent of the Miners' Union, bnt subsequently had to 6eek police protection, >- - -and was escorted out of the town. '