QUARREL ENDED BY BULLET.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 117, 17 May 1920, Page 4

QUARREL ENDED BY BULLET.

SENSATION AT WANGANTJI. MAYOR UNDER ARREST. toy Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WAKOANUI. Saturday. Tho greatest and most painful sensation Wanganui has experienced lor some considerable time -was the shooting affray in Ridgway Street this afternoon, when Mr. C. K. Mackay, solicitor ami Mayor of tho borough, shot and badly wounded a | returned soldier named Darcy Cresswell, I who hails from Timaru. The ]>olico are [ very reticent over the affair, but it is | stated that an altercation took place in Mr Mackay's oftiee. and the crashing of a fhuir through a. window preceded the report of a gun. A constable went to the. oflice. and found Cresswell in a state of collapse, sitting on one of the steps of the staircase. The wounded man was removed to the hospital, where In- remains in a serious condition. Mr. Mackay was <nWqnently charged j liefore Hie Court with attempted murder. I and Mr. Treadwell, who appeared for him. asked for bail. Inspector Hendrey opposed the appliea- \ ; 11<111. in view of the seriousness of the j crime, and the Court upheld the objection. The accused was remanded in cus- j tody until Monday morning. Mr. Mackay was completely broken up, ■ and appeared to realise his position. | What led up to the offence remains a mystery so far as the public is concerned, blit it'is well known that Mr. Mackay's health lias been very seriously impaired i as the result of an accident lie met witii , last year, and lately he has been a. mass j of nerves. He recently bad a periou= disagreement with the heads of the Rctimi'M Soldiers' Association over the I Prince's visit, and he wns subjected to j much hostile criticism from that quarter. \ wave of sympathy for tiie unfortunate man has sw"cpt over the town, and the correct etory of the sad afTair is now ! bein X awaited with jrreat interest. Tho I wounded man is reported to be much ; easier this eveninc Mr. Mackay entertained Cresswell and | ! a friend at dinner at a local hotel on