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Hello David,
Perhaps I need to title this thread Mr Hendey, "our" friend in the Colony of Natal?
Kind regards Frank

Further to David's post, here is the account from the 'Gloucester Citizen' of 25 January 1900 which identifies the shooter as the Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg.

Best wishes,

Justin

djb wrote: Brett,

This snippet is from the Hawaiian Star, 1 Sep 1900:

Justin

That is a great coup! I had found only one other passing reference to this incident and felt sure that it must have been more fully reported elsewhere. I am most grateful to you for adding to the story.

Finding the name of the Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg is my next goal and, hopefully, finding out what became of him.

Regards
Brett

Brett Hendey wrote: Justin

That is a great coup! I had found only one other passing reference to this incident and felt sure that it must have been more fully reported elsewhere. I am most grateful to you for adding to the story.

Finding the name of the Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg is my next goal and, hopefully, finding out what became of him.

Regards
Brett

Brett,

Thank you and a pleasure. However, it was bothering me that the Gloucester article (as with the Hawaii one) was merely an excerpt from another, original article.

I think I've found it, in the 'Derby Daily Telegraph' of 16 January 1900, which contains fuller details and seems to have been sourced from the family. It appears that the Chief Magistrate was in turn shot by a member of the I.L.H. and killed. It rings a bell - wasn't this the magistrate that had dealt with the Reform Committee?

Let us know how you get on!

Best wishes,

Justin

Justin

You have, I suspect, saved me a great deal of frustration by adding to the record of this incident! I am most grateful. It is likely that this magistrate did play a role in the aftermath of the Jameson Raid. I will carry on looking for his name and previous history.

Thanks to Frank, David, yourself, and others, Gorton has been a research gold-mine. However, it has been disappointing to have been met with so many brick walls with the enquiries made in South Africa. It seems that the South African Breweries and the South African Rugby Board have no interest in their corporate histories. I clearly carry no weight with these organisations, probably because I do not drink a SAB brand of beer, while my only experience on the rugby field was as a member of an Under-15 school team with a record of two matches and two losses. Nevertheless, brand loyalty and athletic skill should have no bearing in important issues such as Gorton's life history.

Regards
Brett

PS I still have other things to look forward to. My British son has obtained for me a copy of the group photograph of the SA Rugby team that played the 1st Test against the visiting British Isles team in Port Elizabeth on 30 July 1896.
That photo includes the only known image of Gorton.

Also, a fellow medal collector, who also collects bottles, has promised me an early 1890's Castle Brewery bottle on which Gorton used his brewing skills to fill. Such bottles are made of heavy black glass and could be used as deadly weapons in bar fights, which I suspect were not uncommon in Johannesburg at that time.

Will you stop talking about beer, look what you made me do, again!


Not for Schlosser's, Wagner's or Kuntze!

Brett Hendey wrote: Justin

You have, I suspect, saved me a great deal of frustration by adding to the record of this incident! I am most grateful. It is likely that this magistrate did play a role in the aftermath of the Jameson Raid. I will carry on looking for his name and previous history.

Thanks to Frank, David, yourself, and others, Gorton has been a research gold-mine. However, it has been disappointing to have been met with so many brick walls with the enquiries made in South Africa. It seems that the South African Breweries and the South African Rugby Board have no interest in their corporate histories. I clearly carry no weight with these organisations, probably because I do not drink a SAB brand of beer, while my only experience on the rugby field was as a member of an Under-15 school team with a record of two matches and two losses. Nevertheless, brand loyalty and athletic skill should have no bearing in important issues such as Gorton's life history.

Regards
Brett

PS I still have other things to look forward to. My British son has obtained for me a copy of the group photograph of the SA Rugby team that played the 1st Test against the visiting British Isles team in Port Elizabeth on 30 July 1896.
That photo includes the only known image of Gorton.

Also, a fellow medal collector, who also collects bottles, has promised me an early 1890's Castle Brewery bottle on which Gorton used his brewing skills to fill. Such bottles are made of heavy black glass and could be used as deadly weapons in bar fights, which I suspect were not uncommon in Johannesburg at that time.