THE ARIADNE CASE.
[BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] ' - Christchukcii, Tuesday. Geo. Mumford, late captain of the Ariadne, was charged at the Magistrate's Court this morning with attempting to bribe a Crown witness, Annie Downing, to induce her not'to give evidence against him. Mrs. Downing is barmaid at a Sydney hotel, and she deposed in her evidence taken here that she heard a conversation between Kerry and Mumford. in the course of which Kerry offered £400 if Mumford would wreck the yacht, : and Mumford agreed. She stated in evidence to-day that on the 4th inst. Mumford met her by appointment at the Criterion Hotel, and there offered her a sum of money if she would disclaim?-' her previous evidence and go over to their side. Detectives Marsack and Goulder were secreted in the room at the time, and overheard the conversation. Mumford discovered them, .and was then, arrested upon the charge of tampering with the witness. ■< ■:....' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11857, 8 January 1902, Page 5
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