MURDER OF A SOLDIER
NEW ZEALANDER'S EVIDENCE
EYE-WITNESS TO GO HOME.
(BI TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO TUB POST.) DUNEDIN, This Day. In connection with the mul'der of Private Cromar, the Olago 'Soldier, in Germany, after the Armistice, a recent cablo message stated that the trial of Franz Swaboda, who is accused of the murder, was being delated ponding tlio receipt of evidence from New Zealand. The evidence referred to was that of Private W. 0. Clark, who was au eyewitness of the occurrence. The Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association interested itself in the matter, and as a result of its representations to the Minister of Defence (Sir Heaton lthodes) the Government has decided that if necessary it would be prepared to send Clark abroad to give evidence at the trial. The secretary of the Dunedin U.S.A. has now received the following telegram from the Minister of Defence:—" A reply has just been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies stating that Clark's evidence in connection with the Cromar case is considered very important, and the Government's offer to send him to England is gratefully accepted. Will you please so inform Clark, and tell him that he will be further communicated with regarding tin? arrangements for his passage, etc. 1' Private Clark, who is a married man, is employed in a wholesale store!
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 93, 22 April 1925, Page 4
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222MURDER OF A SOLDIER Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 93, 22 April 1925, Page 4
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