TELEGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10380, 7 December 1912, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

THE DEATH OF EVANS, COROMAL INQUIRY. SEINiS-ATIONALi EVIDENCE. (By Telegraph.—Special.) WATHI, December 6. At the Cbronial inquiry Mir Lundon. (appearing for ithe Federation) •proceeded to read Mrs Sorrenson's signed statement on ■November 21st. "Mr Sebvyni Mays (for the Own) protested against the reading of the fii st and last pairagraphsi of the statement, on the grounds that they welre iaTelevaiiiti. It was!, he mid, left entirely to- the Coroner to decide whetiheir the clauses he referred to were irrelevant or not.

After a sharp passisaige>at-anns between the two counsel, the Coroner (Mr W. M. Walnut:) intimated that he would allow the paragraphs objected to by Mr Mays to be read. Mr Mays then asked the ■'Court to note hi a formal" objection tio tlie clauses being lead on the ground of their irrelevancy.

The pama^raiphs Weref 1 then reiajd by Mr Lundon. One referred to an assault which. Mb? 'Sbrrenson alleged hmd been miade on her by Mr Knidid (president of the new union), and to acts of vengeance by workers on strikers, which she alleged the police had done nothing to check, and the last paragraph deajt with an alleged assault on a strikei' named, Mlattthews. 5LThe rest of the statement wns practically on the lines of ihe eividem.ce eli^em: 'by Musi Sarreusun during the morning. ,

Replying to further questions put by Mr Liundon, witness stated that her ! impression' was ■ that those inside the hlaill shut the door to avoid a> row:. *Tf ESvlans got a Mow on tibe nose' it musib have b©e.n> after the constable wais hit amd after Efvams had fallen. Tf there were marks of a, blow on the left eye it must have been; caused alter Eivans struck the ground, and the same remark applied to any blow there might be on the left ea,r. Witness did not pee any "ravjolvei" in Elvans' hand either iniside or outside tlie hall. Sta far as witness saw there Was no ajro»ra.v:ation on ElvaiMsf part to cause the blow to be delivered. . After FK-fins fell a! "scab"- hit him with a i'U'lon. Then tihree or four othors came and "were pullinsr him about." All the workers as they dame up more or less assaulted- him. and no attempt wa« m«die Ivy the police to ]si*es©rvei order.

OROSS-lEIXAMItN ATTOiN. Mr Miays: Do you swear deliberately that you saw -Constable Wade ,pass Etvanis for four 01 five yards in the direction of Dr. Craig's after i Elvans'fell 1/ Witness: Yea, I swear deliberately. Mr Mays : Are you aware that Constable Wade, Delaney imd other ■witnesses have deposed clearly that ihe constable did not paiss Evans? Witness: I don't knjow what the others saw. I am only saying what I saw. Mr Mays.: I want you to think over it very carefully, as there may be other proceedings. Witness: I still say he passed Elvans. Mr Mays: If Rudd says he never laid hands on you in his life, will you still state that he assaulted you on the 11th. 7 Witness: Yes. Mr Mays : Them he is lying? Witness: Yes, he is lying. Mir Mays: Had you done anything .that morning to warrant such an assault?

Witness: Not that morning. I had] called out 'scab' on other mornings, j Mr Maya: Elvery witnless We Wave yet called, with the exception of B'nrfoot,' who would not say anything in case he incriminated himself, have said that W;ade was shot by Eivaias, and that after Wad© was shot he went on and hit "E^ans with has baton. Do you still sticlc to your' Version 1? Witn'e-s: Yes, I da