A POWELKA VICTIM

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5496, 15 April 1910, Page 3

A POWELKA VICTIM

1 ) E ATH 0 F S E KGT. MAGI'I R !i S (Per Press Association-) ' Palmeksio- North, April 13 Sergeant Muguire, who was shot iv au encounter with Pow.iki in Mr ' Hampton's garden on Sunday night, succumbed to his wounds at G o'clock this morning. ; THE INQUEST ON QUIRKE. ' Afte» hearing . tbe evidence the ' coroner returned the following ver- ; diet: -"That the said Michael Quirke 1 died by misadventure — tbat is to say, from a wound caused by a gunshot 1 fired by William Henry Overton, in sett-defence, each at the time believing the other to be one John Joseph Powelka, an escaped prisoner, who was known to be armed, and who was suspected of having already used firearms to resist attempted arrest ; and the deceased at the time had the said Wil Ham Henry Overton covered by his revolver, and was apparently ready to shoot." April 15. There is nothing new in regard to Powelka. His last au then tie appearance was that at Bunnythorpe, in the small hours of Wednesday morning, when a constable fired two shots after him. Later on tbe same day he was supposed to have been seen still fur ther north from Makino. Since then absolutely nothing, has been beard of him chough there have been the usual crop of reports of alleged appearances. The police are watchin g all over the district. Sergeant Maguire's body was taken to Wellington last evening, where the funeral is expected to take place on Sunday. An inquest will be held there on Saturday. The sergeant was not in a condition for his depositions to be taken. Pahiatua, April 15. The funeral of Michael Quirke toolplace in drenching rain, the preliminary service being held in the Catholic Church. A large congregation was present. Signs of mourning were general in the town.