ASSAULT IN STREET

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 130, 5 June 1933, Page 4

ASSAULT IN STREET

RELIEF WORKER SUCCUMBS

ASSAILANT MAKES OFF

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, June 4. A brutal attack which resulted in the death of a relief worker named Peter Smith took place in Rattray Street about 6 o'clock on Saturday' evening. The assailant after knocking Mr. Smith down and causing grave injury, to his head ran swiftly up Maclaggan Street before anyone realised what had occurred. So far no trace of him has been found. It is believed that Mr. Smith, who was a married man with a family of two, was standing outside the Crown Hotel when a man came up to him, and, after a few words had been exchanged, struck him heavily on the mouth, causing him to fall on the road, striking the back of his head with considerable force. A crowd quickly gathered, and when Constable Brazier arrived on the scene he found the victim of the assault unconscious. Dr. Borrie was summoned, and after receiving first aid the injured man was removed to hospital in the ambulance, where he died almost immediately. An examination was made by Dr. Elder, who found, that there were injuries to the brain, apparently caused by the fall on the road, and there was also a cut on the lip, which was ample evidence of the force of the blow that felled the victim.