FATALLY STABBED

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1929, Page 5

FATALLY STABBED

AUCKLAND MAN’S DEATH

CHARGE OF MURDER

(Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, August 29.

At the Police Court, George Caffrey, 34, a labourer, was charged that on August 2 last, he murdered Thomas Levy, a middle-aged man, a labourer, employed by the Fletcher Construction Company.

The charge arose out of an affray in a Nelson Street house. When removed from the house by an ambulance, Levy was bleeding from a wound in tlie> groin. He died befoi’e his arrival at the hospital. There was a wound in the right .side. A tourniquet had been applied. Dr Gilmour, pathologist, said in addition to the wound in Levy’s groin about 2i inches deep, which severed the femoral artery, there were two knife wounds on the left forearm. One wound had .cut one-tenth of an inch into the bone.

The police produced an old claspknife, with a blade about five inches long, and ground to a point, with which, Dr Gilmour said, the wounds described, could have been caused. George Frederick Cole said that he was in the cottage on August 2 with Levy, Carmody and a man named GalTot. There were two women visitors after tea. They were called Lavinia and Betty. Witness had “brought home six small bottles of stout and a rigger. Caffrey came in by a back door and asked witness to come out. Witness refused and Caffrey said “alright I’ll get you.” Caflrey then went away. There was a knock at the door. Levy opened it and said to the man there: “You’re not coming in here, get out.” The man said ‘l’m coming in.’ The man was the accused. Caffrey tried to push in and Levy tried to push him out. Witness heard Levy cry out “Dave, I’m stabbed!” Witness said he could not say whether it was Caffrey who had come back. He did not know the other man at the door.

Mr. Dickson (Counsel for accused): I’ll have that taken down please. Mr. Meredith (for the Crown): How much liquor have you had this morning?

Witness: Oh, a couple of pints. Mr. Meredith said it was obvious witness was not in a fit state to continue his evidence. The best thing was for him to be stood down and have time to recover.

Mr. Cutten, S.M.,- ordered the accused tto leave the witness box saying, “Somebody could keep an eye on him.”

Witness (cheerfully): Right oh. Lavinia Foster, single, 30, said she and a friend Betty Rushworth, were in the cottage on the night in question. Both said they could not identify the man who came to the door. (Proceeding)

HOMELAND CRIMES

POLICEMAN’S ASSAILANT.

(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.)

LONDON, August 27.

Harry Holman, aged 28 years, a labourer, lias been arrested and formally charged with the manslaughter of Constable Self. He was remanded. An intensive search thus far has failed to locate the murderer of Miss Fearoyd.

Constable Self was found terribly injured at Golders Green and died m hospital. It is believed that he was questioning somebody who aroused his suspicions. The nude ! and terribly injured body of Mary Fearoyd, aged 36, daughter of a building contractor ; at llkley, Yorkshire, was found on vacant land a hundred yards from her home. A stocking was tied round her neck.

DUFF MYSTERY.

LONDON, August 28. The “Daily Telegraph” understands that the authorities have decided not to proceed any further with the Croydon arsenic mysteries. Legal advisers expressed the opinion that the evidence given at the inquest was insufficient to justify a criminal charge against anyone. LONDON, August 28.

Scotland Yard officially denied that the enquiry into the Croydon poisoning mystery has been dropped.