DUEL WITH RAZORS.
! TEREIBM FIGHT ON SHIP. j SEAMAX BADLY INJURED. (From Our Otvn CorrcenonrtenU SVDNKY, April 28. Two seamen of the steamer Trekieve , now in Sydney. .James I'iley. a West In.iian. and -Charles (.iray, an' American, quarrelled over a woman on Thursday I night and there followed a terrible fight : between them with razors. : On Friday Riley. aged l<.). was vi the ; Sydney Police ( ourt. charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on (iray. The police, asking for a remand, said that the quarrel occurred on the dock of the thip after a short argument. The men agreed to settle the matter with J razors, and the fight was to lie n> the i death. Gray was severely eul about I the chest and forehead, and there was a I severe gash in his throat, necessitating an operation, lie was removed to Sydney hospital. The injured man iias ■ slightly improved after the operation j though he will have to remain in hospital i for some time. J Ac-used lias been remanded until May ;4. Nail was not applied for.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 11
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