TWO WOMEN RESCUED.
POLICEMAN'S SMART FEAT. During the hearing of an attempted murder charge at the Girl Bailey a policeman said ho heard screams, jumped into a boat and rowed across the Thames at ('hiswick, entered a house by climbing up a ladder, and knocked down a man who was attacking two v.-omen with a raxor. - he man, Henry George Ellis, aged 21, a' labourer, was sentenced to seven jears' hard-labour for the attempted murder of -Mrs. Mary h'purgeon, of St.rand-on-the-Green, ('hiswiek, and for wounding her 17-year-old daughter, Elsie. Ellis, it was said, had been oil friendly terms with the girl, but she preferred someone else. After a display of temper, the elder woman forbade Ellis corning to the house, but he entered by some means unknown to &W.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19231208.2.146.43
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 7 (Supplement)
Word Count
129TWO WOMEN RESCUED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 7 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in