TOMAHAWKING A HUSBAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 20 August 1888, Page 5

TOMAHAWKING A HUSBAND.

] .nq ASSAULT AT ' DS INFLICTED. A PfI"OW.N' COKUKSK-NDENT.) I (! Thames, this day. n^©il^a"' iloUntPl^Sant' PA n a2sau ited by,his wife on afder!bfaUboUt 11 o'clock. Mr ■S^^f^o-.resides at, Mount J»ia Ll°y wakened by a: boy in his pieas^t, affffiam Davis, who inS ( -named **> . vvis ] ]ec i mm to Ssf> hßrhoH.3?waß afraid that she had ' s»«7l"i?Mr ■ Lloyd accompanied Zi&ih Za/ a bonße/and on entering S^y^.^L Mrs Davis, a girl, and Sthe mtgW (W rQom ; it t , j k Sht¥ m. C:Slwrr on the floor. On &f. raV it oJy °he found that the •OvW? Z face were smothered in fe^irte features .impossible/.!.re4 !Bn \% account. The principal *TL£o 'he temple, and head, and I^'vti the blood was slowly well, &°w<!f lg| • LM ran for Dr. Ca Jan, foW h- *i , Davis with him. They .%U^l i}Z ke b of water and *nS tie blood from the face and <i the wounded roan. Wheii the )■■¥* ol wounds was observed \sft> included that the best plan ■^•°^ W S Davis to .tho Hospital at * t0 rfs beinfC procured, tlus^vas and his wife have not been ** vJood torms for a considerable t Quarrels between them have P&tU occurrence. Mrs Davis following version of the € ito' Saturday night Davis rei^r^is house under the mduence Whilo undressing he comi "!«*. quarrel with his wife, i^?%Ser'B knife and threatened J'JSr'throat. At this, time Mrs W ,] carry out his murderous' threat, ■W-M^n a tomahawk that was on tho ( e We to which tho bedstead was tffiSookather husband several ;« She inflicted no less than seventeen on her husband's head, which is beiug one mass of severe ■■?«rid there doea not seem to be the SteThopeofhisVecovery: Mrs Davis, liarratediby the police, remarked, Wrr I'didn't kill him." . ffiereMon that the tomahawk was at ■'-iidis explained by Mrs Davis stating Sf hod been using it for the purpose C of driving: nails into the wall. ■' -vlrt of th'tf occurrence was sent to Ser-''.SMuftliVv-nho subsequently arrested i &ary Davis on the charge of attempt?;£Viiurder her husband. Sergeant vifehytelegraphed the information to InMtorßrohamyesteaky. t : ■'. - • ACCUSED IN COURT. Hary Davis was brought up at the Police I- (miittorday! charged; with the attempted liitoof her husband, und remanded foi llt-dayß. It is now thoughS that there ji, is a posaibiiity of Davis _ recovering. _ The lioctoritas given his opinion that he is in nt iiaidiate^angeiv-:; , ."■■:■ _ ; ])ivw has only been married'to his present ■ fcr about five years. Ho is describee ie Mh^bg hprie6b and industrious.