Street Brawl at Wellington

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8169, 18 December 1905, Page 5

Street Brawl at Wellington

A Young Man Killed.

At about ten o'clock on Saturday night, when the streets were crowded with people, a brawl occurred in Cuba street, Wellington, which resulted in the death of Basil Graham, twentyfour years of age, who resided in the Central Coffee Palace, Lower Cuba street. A constable noticed Graham and several other men (one of whom is named Cameron) scuffling at the corner of Taranaki place and Cuba street a little before 10 o'clock. He told them to "move on." They all came together again near Pearce'a boot shop, and another altercation occurred, which ended in a free fi<rht. It is said that Graham again struck Caineron, and another man (unknown) struck Graham, with the result that he fell on the footpath. Constable Townsend came on the scene, and with the help of a bystander, lifted Graham up. They carried him to the Manners street police station. Dr Gilmer was called in, and declared life to be extinct. There were no signs of violence on the body. Deceased is said to have been a single man. He was a fruit hawker.