LENGTHY EVIDENCE.

Wairarapa Age, 13 April 1935, Page 5

LENGTHY EVIDENCE.

MURDER CHARGE AGAINST PRICE. MOVEMENTS OF ACCUSED. HASTINGS, April 12. Only three more witnesses are to be heard in the Lower Court hearing of the case in which Charles William Price, alias Edwards, is charged that on or about February 6, at Argyll, he murdered Evelyn Mary Madden. The eourt will start sitting early to-mor-row morning and the hearing should be concluded by mid-day. Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., is presiding. Further evidence was called to throw light on the movements of the accused and Miss Madden following their departure from Oreka station, where both were employed for a time. Norman John Guild, a taxi-driver, detailed a trip to the country at Price's instructions on Tuesday, February 6. Price was accompanied by Miss Madden. After a short period at Taheke Station they returned to a ploughman’s camp, where Price and the girl got out of the car. Price said he was going to take the young lady over to Hollis’s place by a short cut, as it was too far by road. An hour and twenty minutes later Price returned alone along the road. He said he had left the girl at Hollis’s place and that they would bring her to the railway station on the following morning. Witness noticed that Price’s foot was wet, and Price said he had slip-ped while stepping across a creek. Witness did not notice anything strange about Price’s demeanour. They returned to Hastings. Several witnesses gave evidence as to the movements of the accused subsequent to the date of the alleged murder.

Detective Bernard Farquharson, of Hastings, who saw accused near the scene of the tragedy detailed a conversation with Price and the events leading up to his arrest. On February 23 and a constable found certain garments of woman’s clothing near the pool where the body was discovered. The clothing and also the coat of the brown suit worn by the accused when ►crested were handed over to Dr. Mercer, pathologist.—(P.A.),