THE WAIHI VICTIM.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 297, 20 November 1912, Page 6

THE WAIHI VICTIM.

INQUEBT ON FREDERICK EVANS. V,i.::i. Nov. 19. 1.. ■ imprest concerning the deatl 1 rjotxiek Evans v.as continuec , t.iis ain mourn Walter Evans Harvey deposec " inn: he was a fireman employed by ;ui. ttaihi Company. Was one oi ! tie- workers in tne jnoeession which q the .'timers' Gail. When lie got to ilm hall lie saw some strikers there, ileuzd some call "Scab'’ amt "MougTii. ’ Some stood outside the ..■or. while others, when the procession. as the rcsu.t ot me otiensxve

i t<.-nus, mat were calßd out. sluppt u, j went inside and partly closed the •I mi. jllu.i a revolver shot was need and witness rushed tit the door, wi.Ka was lightly opened and au- •> shot was fired. Tins shot in. i Johnson. He then got inside and pt. sed through the building up an mciii.i- at the back, w.hen he over- | took four women. Evans v. as runI mng in advance of the women. Conj stable Wade was a little ahead of | witness. -Meanwhile Wade hustled; ! through the women and witness foli lowed. Two shots were then fired, one at witness and the second at ! Constable Wade. Witness saw the [ constable put a hand to his stomach, j The" next moment Constable Wade 'closed on Evans and struck him with ! aJUat cm ld<_face. and er on his bae •i his hand and-poirt--Is. 'itness seized tlic _< pon. .<t ti. anic time catching Evans by the i..r.>at. The- police then came up. Meanwhile, with other workers, he assisted Evans to his feet. The crowd were very angry, but the police kept them away. Witness saw no act of violence done to Evans. If Constable Wade had not used his baton he quite believed thatsomebody else would have been shot. Constable Wade had every reason to believe that when he used his baton his life was in danger. Had witness been in Constable Wade's place he would have taken the same action. To the Coroner: He was of the opinion that Evans had fired the first shot. He had no doubt in his mind whatever that Evans fired and shot Constable Wade. Several other witnesses gave evidence. The court was about to adjourn till to-morr-jw. when Air. H. E. Holland, a prominent Socialist, applied on behalf of a relative for an adjournment to permit the federation to obtain a legal representative and witnesses. Ultimately it was dceid. i to take the police evidence to-jnor row, am! after that adjourn till December 4ch. when it was hoped Constable Wade would be sufficiently recovered to give evidence.