OLD MAN ATTACKED.
STRUCK WITH PEA-RIFLE.
KNOCKED DOWN AND KICKED
YOUNG ASSAILANT ARRESTED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—TIIKSS ASSOCIATION. ] CHRISTCHUKCH, Wednesday.
An attempt to rob an elderly man, Mr. A. Drought, who keeps a small grocer's shop at Opawa Road, was made by two youths to-night. Two young men came to bis house near tho shop and asked him for a box of matches. When Mr. Drought, who lives alone, went to the shop for the matches, one of the youths hid in the wash-house and when Mr. Drought returned the youth struck him on the head with a pea-rifle, knocked him down and kicked him.
Mr. Drought called for help. A passer-by came to his assistance and caught and held the youth who had struck Mr. Drought. He was arrested, but the other youth escaped. The rifle was found to be loaded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21098, 4 February 1932, Page 10
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