PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15603, 30 May 1916, Page 7

PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR.

MORE EXCITEMENT AT

KAIAPOI

Some excitement was caused in Kaiar j poi on Sunday night by the extrar ! ordinary behaviour of an unknown man.

Between 11 p.m. and 11.30 p.m. this j man called on Mr Nicholas George, of i Hugh street, and demanded admisi sion. to the house, and when this was ' refused him. he proceeded to smash ! two panes of glass, after which he ' hurried away. About 11.40 p.m. he arrived at the ' louse of Mr EL. J. Chapman, on the • Main North road, He was then without a hat. When Mr Chapman went out to him, he, as beforo, demanded admisi sion, and cried out wildly. "They'ro i after me; they're after me." He also ? , begged Mr Chapman to give him a i pistol. Needless to say, his demands i wero not granted, and after Mr Chap- . man had argued with him for some

time, ho went away. The mail is said to be about 30 years of age. He is apparently a well built man about oft Tin in height. Ho wore a black oilskin coat and heavy boots. A green felt • lint was found on the direct exoute be- ; tween th e houses ho visited, and this ! probably accounts for the fact that he was bareheaded when ho arrived at Mr ' Chapman's Louse. Blood was noticed on hij hands when he made his second visit, but this was probably a result of his action in breaking the windows at Mr George's house. Unfortunately, tho police were not notified of tho affair until yesterday morning, though they immediately set to work to scour the country for the trian. It is stated that there was no ' sign of drink on the man. At /a late Lour, last night his whereabouts had "not been discovered.