THE DEATH OF F. G. EVANS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 137, 6 December 1912, Page 8

THE DEATH OF F. G. EVANS

ANOTHER VERSION BY ANOTHER WOMAN (B* TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WAIHI, This Day. The enquiry in c6nnection with the death of Evans was resumed this morning. Lengthy evidence was given b,y Katherine Hislop, a sister of a striker who went to gaol. She said that Evans went out of the back of the hall first. She followed closely behind. Evans ran through a fence, and she followed .ten yards behind. She saw the crowd of workers coming round the side of the Union Hall, and as soon as they saw E\ans getting through the fence they pursued him. There were no police with them. She saw Evans fall, and thought he tripped, and then she saw a constable run up to Evans, and while the latter was lying^ full length on the ground the Constable stooped and struck I^v&iib on the back of the ear with his baton. Afterwards a worker struck Evans on the head with a baton or stick. Then . a number surrounded him and appeared to kick him. She saw no revolvers, but just before Evans got through the fence she heard a revolver shot, which she thought came from a worker. Evans was running at the time, and his action did not indicate he had fired. She had made a statement to a detective within half an hour of the occurrence that morning. She was as clear in her mind now as then that Evans did not shoot Wade. - The case is proceeding.