ATTEMPT MURDER.
WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
ASSAULTED BY A LODGER.
THROAT CUT WITH RAZOR.
IBT TELEGRAPH —I'HESS ASSOCIATION,]
Chiustchurch, Monday. A man named James Gibbons attempted to murder Mrs. Eliza McKenzie, a married woman, living at 110, Queen-street, Sydenham, this afternoon, by cutting her throat with a razor.
Gibbons, who was a lodger at the house, was resting in his room while Mrs. McKenzie and two friends were playing cards in tho kitchen. Mrs. McKenzie went through and invited Gibbons to
come out and have some dinner, when he suddenly got up, knocked her down, and produced a razor, with which he inflicted a wound in her throat.
The woman screamed for help, and tho others in tho house, a married couple, came to her assistance and pulled tho man away. Mrs. McKenzie got up and rushed to a neighbour's house, where she was followed by Gibbons, who again attacked her and inflicted another wound on her chin and hand.
Gibbons was tackled by a couple of men, thrust out into the yard, and finally knocked out. Tho police were sent for, and Gibbons, after a struggle, was taken into custody by Constable O'Connor. The woman is likely to rccover, though the wounds she received are serious, tho carotid artery being exposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14867, 19 December 1911, Page 7
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