AUCKLAND INCIDENT
SHOPKEEPER’S EXPERIENCE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Juno 24. Shortly before 5.30 o’clock this afternoon a youth walked into a cycle store kept by Mr W. H. Isdale, of New Lynn, and while the storekeeper’s back was turned he attacked him with a hammer, severely wounding him just above the left ear, and decamped. Mr Isdale did not lose consciousness, but he lost a great deal of blood and for several hours afterward he showed obvious effects of his experience. However, he refused to have a doctor.
Fingerprints on the hammer, and the description given by both the injured man and a bystander outside the shop provided valuable clues for the police, who are conducting a widespread search.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 176, 25 June 1938, Page 7
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119AUCKLAND INCIDENT Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 176, 25 June 1938, Page 7
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