The Chief of Police has since issued a strongly worded proclamation, saying that the gathering of such a crowd constitutes a violation of the law and the women guilty should be arrested and punished for bringing about disorder into the work of a public institution, shown to them, but from trying to thing again, for if they do they will be punished. 'The women alleged that the youths arrest: ed by the police had been tortured so as to make them confess, Out of the 33 youths who were detained by the police, and handed over the Public Prosecutor all but' six. have been released on bail, th Security demanded being $2,000 in each instance.
It is stated that the six who are in prison have all confessed that they were directly interested in the murder. The trial when it comes on is likely to be sensational. Though attacks on youths have decreased since this murder, they have not stopped altogether and only two days ago a "White" youth was again seriously assaulted by some Pioneers, and has had to have his wound dressed at the hospital. No arrests were made, as the boy's assailants managed +3 get away thanks to the darkness and the loneliness of the spot where the assault took place. Recently a big party of Red youths appeared at the cemetery, and proceeded to tear up the wreaths, crosses, ete on the grave of the recently murdo: ed youth as well as of other pei sons. The caretakers of th cemetery were on account of the great odds unable to do anything to prevent this desecration, and there are no police in the vicinity, fas the place ix some distance from the centre of the town,
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