BROOKLYN ASSAULT CASE

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1949, Page 7

BROOKLYN ASSAULT CASE

WELLINGTON, Sept. 26

Police expect' an early arrest of the maniac feared loose in Wellington’s central park area. Some residents claim the man lives in Maarama Cres., which borders the park. Screams have been heard and a woman saw a man chasing a woman with an axe in this street.

A tram driver, Mr Colin J. Johnson, will be confined to bed for at least a week through being struck on the head by a mysterious assailant in Maarama Cres. early on Wednesday morning.

Police, who made Intensive investigations yesterday, are awaiting the return from a fishing trip of a man who saw the bashing before they make an arrest.

Though Friday night was a late shopping night, few Maarama Crescent people left their home.s A number of children were escorted to school. Hardly a soul stirred in the Central Park plantation. One woman said that the man might not be a maniac as he had the sense and cunning enough to keep low all day while his actions were the talk of the street.