Woman’s Throat Wound

Northern Advocate, 13 August 1935, Page 6

Woman’s Throat Wound

ALLEGED ATTACK

SCREAMS IN NIGHT MYSTERIOUS OUTRAGE. KNIFE IN POSSESSION OF POLICE [Special to "Northern Advocate”! OAMARU, This Day. The police are investigating an alleged assault on Mrs Archie Henderson, of Tapui, North Otago, during the week-end. Mrs Henderson is now in the Oamaru Hospital suffering from a severe wound in the throat. It is reported that between 12.30 and 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, whilehn bed at her residence at Tapui, Mrs . Henderson felt someone putting hands on her throat and felt a knife. The room was in darkness, but she caught hold of the knife, suffering a cut in the hand from doing so. A severe cut was inflicted in her throat from the side over the chin to the lip. Mr Henderson was visiting Christchurch for the racing carnival, but Mrs Henderson’s daughter and her aunt’were in the front room. They heard-Mrs Henderson scream, so they called to her, got up and met her in the passage, with blood streaming over her head and shoulders. When asked what had happened, she said that someone had tried to cut her throat. They bandaged the wound, and Miss Henderson removed her mother by car to Karahi. Later, she was brought to the Oamaru Hospital, where an operation was performed. Mrs Henderson is making satisfactory progress. The police, who made instant inquiries have a butcher’s knife in their possession,' and it is. understood that the injuries were inflicted by it. Detective Thomas, of Timaru, Ser geant MacGregor and constables lef to make further investigations, at Mr: Henderson’s residence, but, so far, n< .further developments have been re portdd. ' Mrs' - Henderson is not in ; fit state to be interviewed at present.