STABBING AFFRAY

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 291, 4 September 1933, Page 10

STABBING AFFRAY

Man & Woman Injured ONEHUNGA INCIDENT Search for Foreigner SEQUEL TO A PARTY By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, September 2. Two people were stabbed following a party at a house at Onehunga shortly after ten o’clock last night. The police are searching for a middle-aged foreigner who is alleged to have attacked and injured two persons. The victims are:— Mrs. Louisa Annie Thompson, aged 39, of Selwyn Street, Onehunga, who received a stab in her le ft breast. She was taken to Auckland Hospital in a critical condition, but was no longer considered a serious case this afternoon. Roy Johnston, of Queen Street, Onehunga, second-hand dealer, who was stabbed twice in the back. He was attended by a doctor and taken to his home. ... ■ - 1 " : !■■"■ - ■ A foreigner, whose name is unknown, met Mr. Johnston in the bar of a hotel late on Saturday afternoon, and the two men had dinner at Mr. Johnston’s home. Later, with Mrs. Johnston and Mr J. Wilson, who lives with the family, they went to the house for a party. As the visitors were leaving, it is alleged, a foreigner struck Mr. Wilson' in the eye. Later as they were walking home Mr. Johnston approached the foreigner and- immediately collapsed, stabbed twice. Mrs. Thompson, who interfered, was also stabbed. In the confusion the man escaped. The police were inform ed, but a thorough search of the district failed to reveal the suspect.