MRS UPHAM CHARGED

Grey River Argus, 10 August 1931, Page 5

MRS UPHAM CHARGED

WESTPORT TRAGEDY C ,ie Adjourned till 26th inst (Out Own Correspondent.j WHSTPOKT. August 9. The inquest on trie victim ,of ye-ter ■ tragedy. Frederick Upham, .was - i'en<-d this afternoon at 5 o'clock, :U. ; which the wife of deceased was u ith murder. ’it laic Frederick Upham was 32 ■.cars of age. Mr Edward Upham, coal Jcalei. West port, is an uncle of. I lie -•ceased. The indications at .the old store in ! • i.d iei': ou Street where Con-•j.-.'ht.- and Mr Dodds found ‘1 • hoot on Friday at 1 : ■ a ".er- that Upham was sitting on a box .'..-a tli'- fata! shot was- fired, killing h ii: prol'al>iy~lon .tin? instant, as the pemiiruted by the bulb I. ■ gnn (a . 44,-40 repeating rilk) was !• end in aii oulliou.-e. ‘ It Lad been ii-.en f’um the residence*- of Mr Fox, <-,u < a Street, where Mrs Upham hud i 1 -i. residing. Dr. Dickel and Senior- ■’ .onnt McGlone, who were notified of ' ’■■tgedy.f ariived on th.- scene, and !.e doctor, after examination of the l>'>d;. . pronounced life extinct and it ■ ■ removed u.» the public morgue, 10- had apparently taken place some iiour- proviou.-ly. A search was made for Mrs Leu ;j Upham, who was found •' '"■i! on the railway line by Constable tSpeuce. and she was arrested on a charge of niur.ler and taken to the >!<.,• station. Mrs Upham is only 22 years of ago, and was formerly a Miss Ulayworth. Iler story is a sad one. Id;*rried aj the ago of sixteen, her three children (a boy aged 31 year-, a girl nged IS months, and a two months eld baby) were taken from her on the ground that s he was unable to maintain 11- .-.’nd thai *ho condition- under v. hi.-h they were living were detrimental to them. She is stated to have made complaints at times regarding th c cruel way she was beaten by deceased, from whom she was for a time separated, but ’hey later lived together' .'•y -n. Deceased, a member of a we 1 !- known Westport family, had for a ■ ouplc of years been residing in the old sh"]> whore the tragedy occurred. A native of rhe West Coast. Upham stood •■ix feet in height, and was athlot'e in build. Tie had done a .leal of sou luring on coastal boats, and was c<’iunu bth-d for his braver;- when the Nen her:' was wrecked a.; Greymotfh. lie .pt nt good part of the whitebait, .eason on the Spit, and was regarded ■ one of the most successful fisher-. I was while he tvo- there that he saved iho life of a lad. who with some mates, wa- play*ng in a boat, wh'.-h d v ifted from the shore and capsized. He was also n P.ugbv foo'bailer, and wo* in n. senior eeam at Westport a few years ago. H was due to hm ’•inking habits that the domestic t nnble nro>i?.. and they led 1o a separation. A notebook found on the arrested woman bv the police, showed her nfla-etion for h?r In'e husband in spite <»f nil the trial'- *hc and ’he family snffOTod. 1 was with only those cln*ely connected with court activities in atteudiinee, that the charge n f murdering her hi.isband. Frederick Upham, wa<? yesterday afternoon brought against Mrs [.ma Maud Upham at the court before if.-.Fnv h nd ;T-’s.P. .The pri :bner. [ ance was decidedly tzi’-li-h, occupied a sent in . the body nf lho court, and was .r.t-p^crented by !h’j Inca?]"legal ilnn-xof Messrs Melony and Bla’ck. Dotm-l ivc--Sergeant TTobncs. of Crroyhioutb. acting for lho police. charge, and it was hoard bv the prisoner without any sign of emotion until tlmve came due mention of her late husband name, and then she becaTne uoticonbly afToct-ed. but she quickly recovered.• and flip proceedings then hastened to a close. Th,. Detective-Sergeant made the formal request for an adjournment of Fie charge until Augiv-l fifith. to which application no objeeiioi cam.’ fr m the coup . and the adjournment wa* there .. granted, the prisoner being r* moved in custody from the Court. THU INQUIRY. (Per Press \«snciation) WESTPOKT, August R. , Ar the inquest touching the death of Frederick Upham, held at the Court, house at 5 p.m. to-day. before Mr E. IF Fox. Coroner. Detectivo Holme.- appea rd for the police and others. Edward Uphnm, coal ’dealer, gave ev done o of iden’ificatiOß. Ho stat« d h ■ had v owed the body, and it was that °f hi* nephew, who was 32 years of age. Ho said Lena Maud Upham, in the Court, was the wife of deceased. Detective Holmes asked for n n adjournment sine dm. Messrs Moloney * and Black, who wiitchi’d the proceedings oh behalf of Mi- Uphnm. consented 1o an adjourn ni'-i i and if was granted sino die. L« n:i Maud Upham was then charged, i" ' Messrs F. TL Fox and C. D. T’c t‘- Tu-'icos. with the murder of Ficdt rirk Upham nf Westport, on tho 7th inst. Dotoctive Holmes applied for a remand to the 2fitL Inst. Messrs Moloney and Black raised no objection, and a remand was granted. ; ■ :r; The docee-ed, who was m native of Sweden camp- to New ZcaJa .-id about 12 years ago. : n-1. follow<d. the neenye/Op of 'geid-.u ner on the West Cna t Ur a ; pifitibor of vci'T- The ki‘e Mr JohnaSipn was, on. th ■■ ' ’ ‘rare at D'dman. . while for a r.nmb-'r of yrar> ' j.iQ engagM :i mining at Taip". The <!»-■• s' d. ./ho was a >jngl r ‘ man, y/n.-'well k -.Wn in HokiI 'i ifiiiic. He survived by a brother. I Auyusy. of HolJtika, white a nephew, I Vfr Johanson, r< idey- at Christcliureh. Another brother i.-. a rcsid -hf, of Sweden. The funeral takes place to-