A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13930, 12 July 1917, Page 8

A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

RETURNED SOLDIER SERIOUSLY INJURED.T. "■ '■■ I. • ■ , Tor Press Associate HAMILTON, July 0." A mystelioirs a'ft'nir lias occurred at Franktou whereby a returned soldier named Thomas Henderson was seriously injured. The police, who Averc .communicated with yesterday afternoon, found a young man lying in Tapp's stables suffering great pain. ' He .was removed to the hospital,.where, on examination, it was foiiud that he had a wound on the left side of the lower rib three inehes deep, which penetrated the lung. The man's condition was serious, and his depositions were taken.

lie stated that his name was Thomas Henderson, of Selwyn street, Onehnnga, and that he was a returned soldier. He arrived in the district a few weeks ago from Palmerstou North, and had been drinking, but was unable to account for the presence of the wound. An examination of the clothing showed a round hole in the singlet, but no corresponding hole in either vest, shirt, or coat, indicating that he was not wearing these when the wound was inflicted.

An operation has been performed, and his condition is precarious.

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. (Per Press Association.) • HAMILTON, July 10. Further developments regarding the mysterious affair at Franktou on Sunday, when a returned soldier named i Thomas Henderson, of Oiiehunga, was found in an outhouse suffering from a serious wound in the side, show that Henderson purchased a ticket for Auckland at Palmerston North on Saturday. He left the train on arrival at Frankton early on Sunday morning, He was subsequently seen wandering about in a dazed condition. Inquiries tend to show that- the wound was inflicted at Palmerston North. The polite here are now communicating with that place. Henderson's condition is very grave.