DESPERATE INTRUDER
TER-RIFIC STRUGGLE YVITH
house; oyyner
BATTERED VICTIAI YVITH JEMMY BEFORE CAPTURE
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AUCKLAND, Oct. IS
On arriving at his home in Melrose road, an isolated part of the Aft. Roskill district. Air. Sydney Franklin, 23, u market gardener, discovered a btrange man in the house. Ho grappled with the intruder, and _ there vas a terrific struggle ior 15 minutes, inside and outside of the house. The.'intruder struck Franklin on tho head three times wkth an iron jemmy. , , , , Mr. Franklin’s wife rushed to her vat Iter-in-law’s house nearby to get the assistance of Air. FranKlin, son., and three youths, with whose help the intruder was- tied up to a_poat and kept there until the CJnetiuhga police arrived, when he was nrrestca on a charge nf breaking and entering. , , The prisoner gave the narne ot Alfred James, hub this'is not believed to he his true name.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10721, 19 October 1928, Page 6
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147DESPERATE INTRUDER Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10721, 19 October 1928, Page 6
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