“ADAM AND EVE.”
GOULBURN, I lee, 20. ‘l'anigo Village, near Lake Bill hurst, wa brightcued up yesterday allcnioon, when a stranger dressed in old trousers, a lorn shirt, and tattered hoots called on the loea: constable and demanded a revolver. Constable Suitor resented (lie request, and the visitor laid iiim out, with an iron bar. After that he raced down the street flourishing (lie bar and a long knife. Call ing al an hotel lie asked for drinks, offer ing the point, ol the knife in place of tin money. He was eventually rounded up by half : hundred residents. On being charged ii lhe local court he said: “My name is Adam and this (pointing to an invisible witness is my wife—Eve. I own the country, am this is the Carden of Eden.” “Adam” was remanded for incdica observation.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3108, 29 December 1921, Page 6
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