ENQUIRY AT WAIHI
&EW VERSION OF THE SHOOTING. (BY. TELBGHAfH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WAIHI, This Day. The coroner's enquiry into the death of Evans was resumed to-day. Helen Rose Sorrensen, wifVof a striker who went to gaol, said she was in the Union Hall at the time of the shooting. She was under the impression that the first shot came from outside, but she saw smoke in the > passage. She ran out to the back of the building. She was only four yards from Wade and Evans when the shot was fired. It was not fired till after Evans had been batoned by the constable. The constable was shot by somebody behind him. She did not know who fired the shot and could not recall the name or description of anyone present at the time of the shooting except Evans. She' saw no revolvers. One of the arbitt'ationsts fiad something in his hand/but she did not know what it was. She said she was a strong federationist.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1912, Page 8
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166ENQUIRY AT WAIHI Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1912, Page 8
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