THE WAITARA TRAGEDY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 6

THE WAITARA TRAGEDY.

,H \, v-BRivGOODE: : IN; : DOCK.-. ; !:■: ■; CERTAIN-; y>^'":;::Wte 7:(EVIDENCE.;;-' : /: \; : [ : ';'_; ; .'.;. : :-.IBT TILtaEiPB.—BPECUL COBttMPOOT)XHT.( ; 5 Vv :v . j;: ; v , New, Plymouth, 'February 3.,: with.the murder(,of ■ Hennerj :at Waitara,. on December 14,'. commenced; at. New/Plymouth l Courf r> ,this;;jnph|ingl'•: , Dr.- Go'ode : saty through' and appeared.calm i and., collectd , -throughout. l His con'di(i6n ' showed '"considerable' improvement' sincp-.'the7.opcaßion- ;ffheii,,jier'was; first charged jwithj-ihe;,' offence: neck was''a strip of;court plastierjCfivering.the wound, which, ; at;'; one: tim'eX ;caiised,/the gaol:;and. medical ;i'. : '■'.'' ■.-■■*■'■■:•'. '■ '■ -.'. . .:■;.• The'vnin'fr-year.roldj'dsra'glite.r ; of:.'ithe"■'■'.;deceased.^oian'7deposed: entering the house .6ri;her;:return. ; -fromV'sbhbol."; .She-heard Dr. Goode's r voice;: went and ,her:'inother.i' told. he,rVu<j();gb out and "playi i heard shots,.:;and'. 'also heard the front door .slam. ; She at: once went in and-then:,sawpher;_motheri:'lying, on ;the ! floor;'with blood s.treaining from , her. •■/Another littlei.'gi.rlyi/Bamed'-Myrtle .Trim, ;ipy|s'':_evi_dmceV ; .-i' r/v She;-toTri.';.Dr,''/Gpode' that iafteniqbn'icbming/from'!the direction oi'.'ilbif •Klemer's;vlio]ißa/to;i'liX- i oTO.-'':''.'---'He''-.'haa''his •eoatf.-i'ihrojrn .'.openjfi.aijd;, his ,;white shirt. had .red.:down'/.the.'froDt of it.: 'It ■ looked a brbad.p^tch._ofcred.' .Dr.\Goode'Vent ;in; byiihis.iOwri; surgery, gate , and; walked up tUe;.path.■;>'Jlrs.i^o6de.:'was :sitting:upon, : a. stopl,pn;tliefTeranidahv / and;she 'helped: him ;lip the of;"the .verandah..: ..When ; he to;Vthevisurgery,!Step ho -fell: ■ "Mrs;' ..Gobde,'c'anie;;qut'of/the, gate'and ra n y across ■theirbad.it'Jfust as-shewas-going. Dr. .Goo'de said sto;vhis ; wife:o'"For.i'Gfld's; sake: get : ;out of it," or;somethingilike.'that. - ,: She (witness) ; kriew.;Dr. : tGoode's',vpice ; : because.he Kad at-. . ; ..had ■■pneumonia and :ineaslesc-:B'7:.: v -V: is ".■•;■'. -,-■''■': '.'"..'-.'.:' ■•-■;■.'

■;,''Mfi; Jphiistorie,' counsel-fpr;the defence, obr jected.; : toVwitnessesigiviiig.. 'evidence fas to :: .-Kleniier:;said"when they found her-.'lyingvjnthßiroomi' but'upbn'.the magistrate;; decidingi'to''admit.; it,- Mr; John'stong ; asked;;,his 'Worship-, to -'direct'.that : - it. should' : not'.be, published,'.as ,! it 'wquld. tend; to. preiudjee Court before £;^yv£':v&:;:\t.^'f-#:V£. ; ■'■''■ '*+ ''.'': The-'inagistrate{replied , .that he could:.not tliat,' : 'and,";at.any;rate'j the; would '.hardly/' . ! -be" more,prejudicial than the pub-lished;dying'-'depositions of deceased.' •' ■ ;,'V ;;^;.The;;wßness. ; .th'eiiV : depdsed;thai: the dying woman.'said:"-"lhaye'"only"a : 'few : :minutes, to ■]ir.e; v 'shot'by ; Dri ; Goode.";' •■'.'.'' ■ . B said: ."Ijhaye'.been.shpt,by ; Dr. .Goode,". add-j ;mg{c'ertain','details.;^'K';.'/■:.-v. '■{■'-. .'-•.- ■- %' : '■; 'Aljdnt': twenty' witnesses have, yet to be Examined, '.and .the case,;'is;' -hardly' likely to. ifi^hV^Orday. , ''.-.-;.. 1 -,.!.''.''-' , ':-.:! , ;- v , ;;-•'.-'v , - ■;-■'■''■ '■'■■'"'■-■~ " ■