A DRINK TRAGEDY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 7

A DRINK TRAGEDY.

■■ ■;— . o••••■■ CONSTABLE SHOr. : 'JSV. telkgkaph—pp.ESb AB^pciATi;oN— y "Adelaide), April 14. Coloman, who shot GJoustaWe* Ring,'; was arrested near ■ Morpotliyjlle.madei. no. resistance. ■ The man has a small wound on,the arm. He stated that'he ,cjit himself; with glass;' hoping to bleed to" dfeatli. ' A PECULIAFI CRIME. News from' : Monday,. Mnrcli 30, states that the quiet, and popular water r ing place of .Glenelg was-the scene"of a horrible i murder at an' ear.lj_.hour. on' the morning of Sunday, March 29, the. victim being a policeman, Albert Edward King, 38 years of age, officer in chargo of Glenelg station. James Albert Coleman, known as" "Joe"' Coleman, a. fisherman, aged jeaisi ,was:: the ; assailant, and was . still at large. At about 2.45 on tho preceding Saturday,. Coleman" was locked tfp for;'being-;drunk and quarrelsome, but at : 9 that > night- was '• fined ss. by tho magistrate, and set at liberty, as he was sober, and anxious to get away on a fishing oruise. After he obtained- his- freedom ho seemed to have _ knocked ' about Glenelg, and imbibed more liquor. He also expressed his. determination. to revenge him-'" self on the polieo,. ofScpr. for , locked him Hp for 'arunkennesji Before he met Iting; at ,tho Millar's" Corner railway station, . Coleman was seen walking along tho street with a* gun" in his possession. Before King appeared on the . scene, two , men —Charles H. llanford and .J. M'Caffrey-r 1 spoke'to Coleman, who* sitid'ho'was waiting for King, tc get his revenge; They advised him to go homo.. It was while they, were still sneaking to hini -that -Constable Kin?' came on the scene. Eing. I 'said,."Hull6,i Job! ; ■What have you got there?" ' Some 1 , further conversation took-place,-and-just as tho'last train from Adelaide to - Glenelg was returning along tho street, Coleman-stepped 1 on to the roadway, and Ring out. for the train." • v , i Just then Coleman quickly raised a singlebarrelled muzzle-loading gun and emptied the full chargo into Rings breast. Ring, was seen by the bystanders to stagger and fall dead. The two men ran to give information. The train pulled up just beforo reaching the dead body lying near the line. ' After that, Coleman, who was seen to hurry away, went to tho Pier Hotel, half a milo away, and wantid whisky. Ho was "refused admission. ■ A policeman was inside at tlio time ringing up the city offico about the murder, but neither ho nor. the landlord suspected Coleman. Then when they knew who did the crime Coloman could hot bo found;