SLASHED WITH RAZOR.
LUNATIC LABOURER.
INJURES A CONSTABLE.
(By-Telegraph.—Press. Association.)
INVERCARGILL, Friday,
Some consternation occurred a,t Winton this morning, when a lunatic attacked and severely injured ConataWe MeQuarrie. The assailant is a labourer, who had lived with a mate in a hut near Winton for eonte thne past. He had been behaving in a peculiar manner, and last Tuesday secured a double-barrelled gun, and with it blew the side of the hut out.
The man then left hie mat*, and thie morning got on a train and proceeded to Winton. Constable McQuarrie, who had been informed of his peculiar behaviour, went to Winton station and arrested fhe man. When the constable got him intoi the paeeage the man took out a razor, and violently drew .it across the constable's arm, cutting the coat and penetrating the biceps. The blade fortunately missed the main arterr. ■»
Two men, who happened to be near by. came to the conaftible'e assistance. The constable, who is suffering from shock and loss of blood, is not in any great danger, and serious consequences are not apprehended. Hie assailant was committed to the Mental Hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 22, 25 January 1913, Page 10
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