CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
« A FATHER'S ATTACK ON HIS DAUGHTER. (TTUCSS ASSOCMTIOV TELEGRAM.** AUCKLAND, June 1. At the Police Court to-day, "William Tynan was charged with the attempted murder of his daughter, Evelyn, whom he waylaid when she was leaving school, and cut her throat with a razor. Prisoner sat through the proceedings ■unconcernedly, as having apparently only a spectator's interest in. the evidence, though he occasionally displayed signs of nervous stress. Detective McMahon stated that prisoner, when arrested, expressed a desire to be hanged without delay. "-•lrs Tynan stated that her husband had threatened her previously with a razor, but she never heard him threaten her children He had been drinking to excess. Tynan, when asked to pleaded guilty or not guilty, remained silent. He was committed for' trial.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 10
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