FATAL JOKING.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6536, 29 December 1887, Page 2

FATAL JOKING.

At tha Colllngwood G«art on Tnssdsy, Haary Hawkins, a man tf about 35 yw of ag«, was brought ud oq a eharga of mard«r. It appaars that tb« aoeucad, who wm tmployad at Mr P. Nattlaton't woolwaahin* work* on tha Yarra bank, at tha foat of Victoria atrear, aame tbera in an intoslmud eoidition tfttr tha dinnar Kour on Mondaj t bat waa n«t aUowad to •tart work by tba maoagtr., Mr Nail laton* junr. Ha, how«r*r, raaainad about tha praraiiaa Indulging In practta*! jokat at tna expaooa of hia fallow workaan, oalatinatlog In bis tbr»wing ana of tbaaa namaal John Toutom badllf off a floating pUiform Into tha rirar. Tba man rot* to tba larfaaa on«a only, and wm afterwards saaa no mort. Voutom waa unabla to awlsa, and bis faliotr warknaan who witnaiatd tha oacurranca wara ooabla to iaTa hia. HairkUs ttaod oa tba plat, form until Toutom sank tha ataoad tlaa, aad than walkad aw»y. Mr Ntttlaton waa Iniacdiataly loforaad of what had oa» carr«d, and ba aant word ta tha Caliiog* Woad polica. Two poliaaman wara em* ployad dragging tha rivar until dark without Hading tho bady. A.% a lato hoar i on Monday nlgbt Hawkins was arraatad|| at bis bouaa in Higbatia atraat, Riahvl mond. He was thao oodar tha i'*flaianee of drink, and did not appaaff to undaratand tba draadful aonaaqoanea of bis a«t. 4 raqiKftd for a waak waa appliad for and