CHARGE OF MURDER.
THE GIBRALTAR TRAGEDY.
DUFFIELD BEFORE THE COURT.
LONDON, April 20., Advices from Gibraltar state that Lieutenant Duffield was charged at the Police Court with murdering Colonel Fitzgerald, and was remanded. The prosecution read Duffield’s two" statements. The first said: “I am perfectly sane, and know what I have done.” The second statement alleged officers’ neglect of duty, and added “It is better that one man die than that the whole regiment be ruined. I have made a mess of things. I missed with the first shot, but hit with the second, which was meant for myself.” Lieutenant Doyle gave evidence that while guarding Duffield he asked Duffield why he did such an awful thing. Duffield replied: “Since the regiment left Jersey the training has gone to pieces. The men were being messed about.” He added that he considered the crime for two days and then decided to do it. It was already written in the Book of Words that he was to die.—A, and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 123, 22 April 1927, Page 7
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