WOMAN WITH KNIFE

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1929, Page 2

WOMAN WITH KNIFE

ATTACKS CONSTABLE. SYDNEY, September 27. The dangers of interfering in a domestic dispute were very clearly illustrated last night, when Constable Barwick, of the Redfern police, venturing to interrupt a heated argument between a man and his wife, was attacked by the pair. Shortly before midnight, Constable Barwick was passing a house in Hugo Street, Redfern, when he heard what he afterwards described as “exceedingly foul language.” In the kitchen of the house he found a man and a woman quarrelling. He arrested the man on a charge of having used indecent expressions, but the prisoner refused to “go quietly.” A fierce struggle ensued, the combatants rolling over and over, upsetting chairs, a table, and other furniture. Eventually, although he was subjected to a. fusillade of crockery by the woman, the constable gained the upper hand, and handcuffed the man. The .woman seized a carving knife and made a rush at him. The constable caught her arm and wrenched away the knife, but received a cut in the thumb. He then took his prisoner to th§ Redfern police station, the woman following, alternately shouting abuse and hurling crockery. Saucepans, plates, and cups hurtled past the policeman, and when the woman ran short of ammunition, she took off her shoes and hurled those Later, at the Redfern police station, the man was charged with using indecent language, and the woman with as-