SLASHED BY RAZOR

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 5, 1 October 1929, Page 11

SLASHED BY RAZOR

HUSBAND ACCUSES WIFE EARLY MORNING FRACAS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, September 30. Alleging that he had been attacked by his wife with a razor, G. E. St. George, aged 40, a postal official, living at 25 Melrose Street, was admitted to' the hospital early this morning suffering from fairly severe wounds on the face, neck, and arms. Subsequently Mrs. St. George was also admitted to the hospital suffering from similar wounds. Both are progressing favourably. Wife’s Illness. A neighbour was aroused by knocking at 1.30 a.m., and found St. George on the doorstep clad in his pyjamas. Blood was streaming from wounds on his face, neck, and arms. He asked that the police be sent for, alleging that his wife had attacked him with a razor after a quarrel. The neighbour then Investigated and found Mrs. St. George also suffering minor wounds. The police were sent for, and the couple were sent to the hospital. The woman was only discharged from the hospital on Sunday morning, after treatment for an Illness. There is one child, a boy of six. The neighbours state that the relations between the two have been strained for some time.

“My Wife Attacked Me.”

Very little is known about how the fracas started, as no one heard anything until it was all over. The neighbours were in bed at the time, and though several heard a lot of noise, “as though furniture was being thrown about,” no one took any notice, as it is stated that relations had been strained for some time between Mr. and Mrs. St. George. The first that anyone knew that something serious had happened was when a neighbour who lives on the opposite side of the road heard a rattling on his window.

He called out and asked who was there, and a voice answered: “It's St. George here. For God’s sake get the police and a doctor. My wife’s attacked me. Be quick, before she does for herself.”