The Senorita Shooting Affair.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11828, 27 November 1901, Page 3

The Senorita Shooting Affair.

I V^j „,1., li.l -I _• ±J • . 11-.!''I 1 -.!'' AN ARREST MADE. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, November 26.~At the inquest on the body of Buries, boatswain of the Senoi;ita f who watfiSjliot; at Kennedy £ Bay on Sunday, . Qaptain yarrell said he. heard a . shot, and went from his, cabin to the^pobp to sefe what the -shooting 'was aßout.. Buries told him he was firing:' at birds. He wentf back- ±o- the- cabin, leaving the mate- ■jmd^Burlea fto-, gether. Shortly. aft«rwarda hj&.heard a second shot, .and ;the, mate p c.ame down. arid said,' ;" My G^d, T haVe; shot the boatswain ; come on deck and look," =" He found Bu'rlefe lying -on deck. He: asked him- what l«as ; the matteiv ,The deceased ahswered, ." I ani^dQtfe fo*." -These -were the only words'- he- -spoke,~and- he died within, half „an .hoiir. ; Dr,. Cheese-, man' mafle' ' a p64t ; nlorteni ' eiamina- , tion and fotmd-that-a bullet had en-> tered tfte/ right sMeY cutting through the entrails and. lho 1 arteries, and lodging in the skin-on the left side. The jury - returned \Wdi '-fallowing verdict >-r7 v .Tha.fc .deceased s met f /his death, by a revoteer .bulled wound. on the Senorita on the 24th inst.i but there was.no. .eyidence:, tq. show who firpd the ahgtjj**. " : « •>••••< - ' Constable Shaw, arrested the mate, Sydney. Gr,.,Synxons,- whpnwas brought) before the Court, this morning and remanded for eight , days.r bail being allowed in two sureties 01. £150- and his own .bond of £250. » - ; , , .

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