ATTACKED WITH RAZOR.
MARRIED WOMAN'S ORDEAL.
ESCAPE' OF ASSAILANT.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Seed. 11.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. Oct. 16.
! While Mrs. Simpson was conversing with several neighbours at her house at Manly, a man, whom she is stated to have known previously, entered and commenced waving his arras. Mrs. Simpson and her neighbours ran into tho yard follow ed by the man, who pulled a razor from his pocket, rushed at Mrs. Simpson, and slashed her throat, arm and back. Her screams attracted assistance, but the assailant jumped a fence and escaped to the bush. Mrs; Simpson was sent to hospital and is in a critical condition. A large body of police is scouring the scrub in the vicinity.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18532, 17 October 1923, Page 9
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