THE BOURKE MURDER.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13334, 24 March 1911, Page 5

THE BOURKE MURDER.

SENKOVITCH’S STORY. Press Association.—Telegraph .-Copyright. SYDNEY, March 23. Senkovitch entered the box and gave his version of the killing of Eismoud. He said tha'', up to ilio time they oampod at Bourke they were good friends. On the night of the tragedy he wakened to find Diamond attacking him, holding him round the neck and nearly choking him. Sonkovitch seized an axe and swung it blindly. He hit Eismond several times till he fell. Senkovitch then ran away. When he came back he found Eismond dead. He wrapped the body in the tent, flung it into the river, and went back to Bourke. He denied that he killed Eismond for money. He took the money because it partly belonged to him, and because he wanted to get back to Russia. It was no use to a dead man. He was frightened to tell the police his story. He thought that this being an English country ?io one would help him. This was because of ill-feeling between Russia and Britain. PECULIAR EVIDENCE. Received March 24, 9.5 a .in. SYDNEY, March 24. At Senkovitch’s trial the Russian ConsulGeneral gave evidence in support of the prisoner’s statement as to the existence of bad feeling between Russia and England. The witness said the feeling originated at the time of the Boer war, and became etill more acute during the RussoJapanese War.