A STABBING AFFAIR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14980, 28 April 1909, Page 7

A STABBING AFFAIR.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received April 27, 10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 27

W. N. Willis, a leading figure in the late land scandals, was found stabbed in scrub near Randwick about midnight. Tho affair only leaked out this afternoon. Willis is alive, but unconscious. Ho has two wounds in the left breast. -'Clark, trainer for Willis, states that he was at his cottago last night, and loft there late in cheerful spirits. He was found by a stable hand and conveyed to the cottage. Foul play was not suspected by those at the cottage, and medical aid was not considered necessary till later, when Willis became delirious. It was then discovered that he lad been stabbed. The affair is mysterious. "Willis was to have '*)■>• peared in Court to-day in connecVio* with a case in which a man 'named Daly is charged with attempting to extort money from Willis. The Judge ordered Willis to show cause for failing to appear on his subpoena. Later on the news of the stabbing leaked out. •