A STABBING CASE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 7

A STABBING CASE.

MYSTERIOUS AND SERIOUS. ■' ', [DT TELEattim- : rl'llf,3S .-ASSOCIATIOSJ-'-'-- :- Hamilton,. February l l6. - ' A serious stabbing affray occurred - hero yesterday.- .It appears that last liicht the police were' called-, in to a house ; and - found a marriedjWbman named Lock lying seriously injured,- with a wound, in; her abdomen..., A■' doctor- was called, in,; and after examination; ordered 'her romoval to tho'hospital. ' : ', The: husband was in the house when the. police arrived... On being '. questioned, ; lie. completely denied- -having-' committed the, deed, saying, that about 10 o'clock his'/wife : was lying on ..the' couch,; arid of. being ill. She h showed her. liusband tlio wound, and ho immediately went for ; the doctor. : ; Lock' has' been' arrested 'on suspicion, but maintains his denial of the affair., - - V It is; surmised . that the.-troubleJ'Occurred: about 4 or a o'clock in tho afterjioon., .-. Tho .woman's, condition is . prions. ~,:The wound, which is'thought t-o havo beeti caused by a knife, has pierced the intestines. . A curious circuiristanee has . occutred in connection ..with;, the . stabbing • ■ case.,'. Mrs.. Lock, when: waited upon by. a Justice/of the "Peace at the hospital this hioming,' refused to-make'- any depositions' regarding: the injury,' replying, , in answer yto ui questioi^,that .she ■ had nothing to say; - She; was pressed'to'say how tho incident happened, but steadfastly, re-, fused io do so. ' • , . ' V - i'. Vi" •Look is a.painter by'trade,-about 33 year's of age.' ,: Mrs.' Lock; is, about ;tho .same ; age.: Lock is said to be'.a. quiet,'"-.sober' * man;'. They have; been married seven years, and. havo six children. Although: the affair apparently, took' place, between 3 and 4, a doctor was not called in till 7.3o,'when,the'victim's condition became^ serious'. Robert Lock was 'oharged e.t the- Police Court this morning with - wilfully winding, Agnes -Lock, arid; causing her actual bodily, barm; Ho was remanded :.till to-morrow.,