THE TRAGEDY IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11432, 24 July 1900, Page 5

THE TRAGEDY IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

ANOTHER DEATH.

By Telegraph,— Association.—Copyright.

Sydney, July 23. Additional particulars of the tragedy at Gilgandra show that Hilda Mawby and Miss Ken; escaped through the bedroom window, and fled, holding each other's hands. After tomahawking the others, Jimmy Governor pursued and killed Miss Kerz, and overtook Hilda through her falling into a creek.

Mrs. Mawby, in her dying depositions, stated that she only saw Jimmy and another black named Jackoy in the room, but heard others outside.

The police are following the tracks of three blacks, who are showing great cunning in effacing them by walking in each other's footsteps. When they were fired on, some miles from the scene, Jimmy raised a rifle, but did not fire. It is believed they have no ammunition.

The two Governors are notorious characters. Jimmy is an ex-tracker. Jimmy's wife states that the tragedy was contemplated for some time, and that it was intended to murder Mawby, but the one to do the Rilling arrived too late. The murderers declared their intention of stealing the horses, and going to the Goulbum River, to kill three of their own people, who, the Governors aver, killed their father. Jackey and Porter offered great resistance to their arrest. Later. Mrs. Mawby is dead. During a conscious interval she stated that Jack Underwood was the- third black accompanying Governor, and that he killed Percy.

Mr. Mawby says ho was on the best relations with tho blacks, who were fencing. They owed him a few shillings, and ho refused to give them any more money till they had earned it, but allowed them rations.

Two little children, who were with Mrs. Mawby in the bedroom, wore untouched, and slept throughout the tragedy. Grace escaped from the room, but was cut down just outside.

Mawby, who was sleeping at another part of the selection, arrived ten minutes after the murders. The blacks evidently heard him coming, and cleared.

THE INQUEST.

At the inquest on the victims of the murder by blacks, Albert Mawby, aged nine, gave evidence. He said ho was awakened by hearing a black in his room, who threatened to blow out his brains. He slipped out whilo Percy was being killed, and ran and informed his father,

George Mawby, a cousin, aged 13, who was sleeping in the same room, said ho heard Mrs. Mawby and the girls screaming. He followed Percy into tho sittingroom, and saw two blacks. One killed Percy, He heard the voice of another outside, and recognised it as that of Jimmy. Tho Governors were urging tho othera to "dash out their brains, as they had had enough of the Mawbys." Witness ran to a bedroom, and hi'd under the bed till the murderers went away.