AUSTRALIAN STRIKE FATALITY
A VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL. AUCKLAND, September 11
A private cable to a relative in this city states that Reginald Werne, who, when attacked by strikers in Sydney, killed one striker and wounded another, has been acquitted by tho court on the ground that he acted in self-defence.
This was a case in which Reginald James Werno and Charles Thorpe, volunteer ■workers, having discharged a load of foodstuffs for tho troops at the front, wore returning for another load when they were assailed by a number of strikers, several ©f whom jumped on the wagon, and Thorpe was knocked from his seat. Werno stopped the horse* and rushed 1o Thorpe's assistance. He drew his revolver and held the
crowd off. Stone-throwing then commenced, and Werne fired at the legs of one man. wounding him. Another man knocked Werne down, and they struggled on the ground. Werne again fired his revolver, and his opponent collapsed, shot through the heart.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3314, 19 September 1917, Page 42
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