A STRANGE CASE.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Major Paton reported to Constable Knapp, of Spring Grove station, that late on the previous evening his son, Mr C. Paton, while going along one of the by-roads leading towards Richmond from Hope, found a strange man lying on the road insensible. He waß immediately taken to Major Paton's residence and pub to bed, and, after giving him some restoratives, appeared to recover a little. This morning, on further examination, it was discovered that the man had a very bad wound on the left side of the head, apparently received a week or two since, and which appeared as if it had been dressed with sticking plaster. The wound is about 1 $ inches in length, and cut to the skull. The constable, on arrival at Major Paton's place, called in Dr Satchell, who dressed the wound and recommended the man's removal |to the hospital. The patient was then removed to Richmond, and thence conveyed to the hospital ia Dr Satchell's buggy. The unfortunate man haß not spoken since be was found, and to-day the wound is pronounced dangerous. His description and dress are as follows:— A foreigner about 40 years of age, bronzed freckled face, brown beard and moustache, hair ou cheeks recently clipped, bluish-grey eyes, hands hard in the middle but in other respects soft, regular features. A. sum of money in a leather purse was found upon him ; also a Bilver watch with steel chain. He was dressed in a dark-blue fine twill sac pattern coat, tweed trousers and waistcoat of the same pattern, viz., cross bar squares grey with black lines, blue serge sewn soft hat. There are two pockets on each side of the coat, bottom pockets only having flaps ; cotton regatta shirt marked 7886— 15, ' square check, pink, blue, and light-blue, quite new, not having been washed, elastic-side boots, fancy fronts imitation of lace-ups. The whole of the clothing is nearly new.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 26, 31 January 1884, Page 2
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325A STRANGE CASE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 26, 31 January 1884, Page 2
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