HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 3

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

" ■■'■ VFEILDING ;MAN SET'UPON". - r , :'■•'• ! (si ■•.IitEGBAPH—sr'EIJIAX COERisrdStiNT.)''";■ i:'"v •• •\: "Fclldlng,. December 30.''. Mr. 'Chas. Curry,' of -FeildirigV whcis aboiit' 56"'years'. :bf ; agev and who paid -a' visit :to Palrri'crston' : '6ri Saturday, .wasthe-.victim.of-aii- assaulfe arid-robbery at Terrace Eiid. •-., . During-, the. evening' Mr. Curry had, missed; :.tb«: last "train; arid being' a strong, -h'ea 1 thy, athletic'.'man.- despite- his • year's,-..h0,' det.err ■ mined: to• walk: homo'. He• liad ■ reached',' Terrace. End at about nine -o'clock, when two, yelling, men set-on him from.behind,, and. pinioned, his arms to his .back in' jiu-jitsu; Style, evidently with" the: intention of ■throw--ing him down. : However,. Mr. .Cur.ry; sue-. -CDoding'in'■ wrenching free his right; arm,, and give one of his assailants a stinging 'blow"on the mouth, sending him spinning ■ to. the, ground. ' The other ruffian then struck Mr/ - flurry ■. on , the. f aco,. rendering him. ins(Mis]b)e.;. - ■ -.- ',-' . ; "'.■' ■,'■■• -.'■ ;he-recovored consciousness, he, found. he'Vliad b'epii robbed of all; his money,-some ; £6-Q ; rldy.' Ho proceeded to the Terrace End where, ho rested.for,"a while, and.then-'pluckily took\u'p his' journey again, iinany,;cicttirig-horiie.at.'.s a.m. yesterday.' -, . Mi;. Curty /is ■ none.'the• worse f pr. his•■ en-' courit-.ef with- his assailants, .excepting that. he,'vhas; a''black eye. , One fortunate, thing the'' occurrence :. is that lie'. set.'• out, that-'.day'; with'over. £30 in his pocket, but banked :£2f>.' 'Otherwise- his. loss -might ha,ve\ be'wi'a, serious one.. ,■ . ■. ; , TKe\police are on the .track of MrJCurry's. asiiiilaflts.'-V .'-''. ". i: ,'..-...'