THE POLICEMAN'S LOT.
SENSA.TIONAI, INCIDENTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association. .■ ',• ••'>y '■'Auckland, October 8, . ■ The poliMmih,'6'. lot .In-' Samoa is not - a happy ■ • one..: The-.following appears in-. the German paper puMished at. Apia,-which arrived .by the Torua to-day:—-v - '•■ ; . . •iSensatio'nal'..events: have, recently .occurred, at Messrs. -.Bros.' Avele. plantation. A short tinie a£o '.'the' Schmidt Bros, served with ! .a , ,sumijions.' i for„a trivial-matter.. They toot tlie.paper and. tore; it in halves, .before tie Samban brought. it, a!nd abused him, "A..second-summons was sent by'a Chinese" policeman, Schmidts - thrashed . h«cn with '.sticks so: severely, that;.he arrived' hack in Apia;covered',with'blogd, andhad to go to tho nospi tal.iPolice-Assistant I'osKcn entrusted.'withUhe.servirig of a third summons. When "the verandah' of thoSehmidts's house, the elder brotliejywho was armed \xith .a trebk-barreM gun, ordered him oflrth'o premises and 'fired.' Possen escaped, being. hit'by ducking quickly. .' In : tho • meantime „the. younger. :Schmidt appeared on the ! verandah armed,, two reyorrors;; and. whilst the police off: cor was boating a retreat.under cover as .much as possible,.-,several. more 'shots, eight' altogether, were■ -fired.. .at »him,-. Fortunately' none-'of-them took effect.' We.iheaT that it' is' intended, to surround' the' house. Hunger ■ and thirst, would,.then soon settle the matter.'in a' peaceable manner, and prevent' calamity .aid crime. ■ -.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 8
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