SCENE IN LUNATIC ASYLUM.
A terrible scene occurred on July 15 in ™ principal lnnatlc asymm of gt Peters MS. During lire usual round and inspecj*»*y one of the medical superintendent., IT™* •Grekkor, accompanied by his asste- «™ and a nurse, one of the inmates, a tH, ker named Sl2Off ' WhO had been con - -7? there since 1908 by order of the Court « -"Mice, lm murdering bis master while a unsound state of mind, complained » tte doctor of being very m *• doctor therefore proceeded to eM " but wieu ho was using his «oat(*e fiteocc (lrew from J**, knlfo and tllruat lt dcep T to the «wn»S, JJoeT oc ' c reCk - Tl,e (loctor lm - *cmm!l aro »ed to t± e ground, mortally ana unconscious "teaTtr ° f other tamate9 ' eaU 5- ci " tie J? Bb,t Of the bloocl . lusl ied to Za 6 Of SllOffi ' Who was ov,.rpo»-erel . °™st tote a (.en rescrvo(l for T , ok , nt J7 * only after a great struggle Stated Low tho excitement WBlter, rest of tbo littles was B °a tte building with Ereat difficulty.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 17
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