TWO SERIOUS ASSAULTS.
MEN ROUGHLY HANDLED
AUCKLAND, March 15
A man named William James Webb, while returning to his home in Grey Lynn at 11.30 last night was assaulted by two men, one of whom he alleges attempted to stab him, but was prevented by a passer-by, who wrenched the knife away. Constable Smith rescued Webb after a struggle with the assailants, who escaped. Webb was roughly handled and considerably bruised.
Leo de Ernest, driver of a taxi-cab, was found on the road last night in the suburbs with severe cuts on the head and face, and removed to the hospital. He states that he drove two young men out of town. He remembers driving the car to the street in which he was found, but nothing more until a lamplighter bent over him. He had then been unconscious over an hour. The empty car was found on the roadside. It contained t.we: broken bottles and was stained with blood.
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Northern Advocate, 15 March 1913, Page 5
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