DRAMATIC SCENE.
MAX ATTACKS WOMAN SECRETARY. THREATENS TO TAKE HIS OWNLIFE. DnltoU Press Asbd by El. Tel. Copyriuht Australian Press Association.) (Received Nov. 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 1. There was a dramatic scene on the fourth floor of Abbey House, Victoria offices, used by the Income and Taxpayers' Society. Lord Dories, president, had said “Good-night” to his secretary, Patricia Johnson, 25 and was walking downstairs when he heard the girl shrieking. The men clerks were still on the premises and had seen a caller go to her room. Tuey found the door locked, but forcibly entered. The girl was bleeding from the arm and a man was on the window ledge, threatening to hurl himself into the street if anybou approached. The man was dissuaded and found also to be wounded. He was taken to hospital where an operation was performed. The girl is in a critical condition in a nursing home. Her father states that she and the man were friends. The latter is a widower who served in the war and was shell-shocked.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10733, 2 November 1928, Page 2
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