DEADLY STRUGGLE
MANIAC OVERPOWERED (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) I BLENHEIM, 9th February. An extraordinary incident was witnessed in Lower High street last night, when a crowd of about thirty men stood by and watched Mr. B. Hester engaged for upwards of ten minutes in a deadly struggle with a dangerous maniac. No one offered to go to his assistance. Fortunately, Mr. Hester, who has more than a little knowledge of the science of wrestling, was able to hold the man until the arrival of a constable, but once he relinquished his hold the maniac took a new lease of life, and the constable had a warm time in getting the handcuffs on him. He had to call on two bystanders for assistance. The man was taken to the police station, where he was again violent. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, Sergeant Clarkson. said that the man was still too violent to appear. A remand for eight days was granted. A medical man subsequently certified that he was insane, and he was removed to a mental hospital. The man was a visitor to Blenheim.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1927, Page 6
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