A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
MAN SEVERELY WOUNDED.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington, Thursday. Last night Mr. Henry Hill Beckett, a Civil servant, who resides at Creswick, was found lying on the Orangikaupapa. road leading to Northland in an unconscious state at half-past nine. There was a wound on his head, and a pool of blood had formed close to where was found.
Dr. Begg was summoned to a house to which Mr. Hill Beckett was conveyed, and on his recommendation the sufferer was taken to the hospital, where lie lies in a very serious condition.
The case is surrounded with some mystery. The injured man may have fallen over a. bank and injured his head, or he may have been assaulted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13768, 5 June 1908, Page 5
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120A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13768, 5 June 1908, Page 5
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