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the Court room away from me. I saw accused stop and speak to mother. He

was still in the main road, about from here to the door.

(Witness points). from my mother.

I went inside my house to get the children ready. Then my phone ran

ng. It was then between 8.00 and 8.15 a.m. I spoke on the phone to my sister 5

Muriel Hamm for about 10 minutes. Then I left to go to my mother: As I

reached by her gate, I called her. As I entered the shop by the pool room

two fresh drops of blood by the door. This was about 8.35

there were

As I saw the blood, I rushed into the grocery, and I heard a groaning.

I looked in the kitchen and I saw my mother with blood all over her. She 10

was sitting on the floor with her back to the East. I rushed back outside

and called teacher Linden Smith. She was standing by the school.

I rushed back to my mother.

support her. There was a string tied around her mouth at back of her head.

Her tongue was hanging out. under the string.

She came.

Mother was about to fall so I put my knees to

Mother was still in the light green dress. Her slippers were on the

floor. I could not loose the cord so I slipped it down to her neck. I

heard mother say "Lord have mercy".

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People helped me take mother out to bring her to town. We brought

her to Peebles Hospital in a taxi. When we reached the hospital she was 25

dead.

All around mother on the floor was blood, papers that she wrapped her

peanuts in, and a plastic bag and her slippers. The slippers were not

together, one was by the washer and the other was by the door that led to

the pool room, The bench was truned over on its side and a saucepan was

on the floor.

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The safe was open, her hat was truned upside down on the floor and torn.

And there was silver money in the hat. Mother used to keep her. money in

that safe. The safe was all ransackel and there was blood on some of the

papers in the safe. She kept her account books in the safe and the money from

the sale of peanuts in one bag, and money from sale of ice-cream in another 35

bag and money from the sale of "special" in another bag and money from the