A Deliberate Murder.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8227, 7 June 1895, Page 2

A Deliberate Murder.

('Ey Telegraph.) MASTEETON, June 6. A naan named Andrew J. Somerville deliberately shot at and killed another named Arthur Herbert, in Queen street, this afternoon. Somerville had been working for Herbert, and a dispute regarding a claim for £l9 for wages, occupied the S.M. Court this morning, the case being adjourned for a fortnight. Somerville, on leaving the court about mid-day, purchased a six-chambered revolver, and at about 4.30 was seen talking to Herbert outside the Club hotel, several persons being in the street at the time. Suddenly he drew the revolver, and saying “Take that,” fired a shot, which entered Herbert’s body in the region of the heart. Herbert threw up his arms, and turning round staggered across the road, Somerville fired two more shots at him and Herbert fell dead, the bystanders scattering in all directions. Constables Collerton and Nestor who were within 50 yards of the scene rushed at the murderer and secured him. The former took away the revolver, which on examination proved to have three of the remaining chambers loaded. Somerville made no resistance and remarked that he would go quietly. Both men are single, Herbert was an

old settler; the other had been working on several contracts in the district and was generally looked upon as a quiet man. The affair caused a sensation here.