“THERE'S SUMNER!”
AN AUSTRALIAN SCARED HIRED A TAXI AND LEAPED INTO THAMES. 87 Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlglu (Received December 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 25. John Lyons, aged thirty-three years, an Australian, was charged with attempting to commit suicide in the Bow street Police Court. Tho evidence showed that ho hired a taxi-cab on Monday, drove to 'Waterloo Bridge, and leaped into the river. Tho police rescued Lyons in a .semiconscious state. He served four years in a French prison, and was discharged on December 14th. Coming to London, ho heard someone say:—“There’s Sumner!’’ (the man who is accused of the Liverpool murder), and, fearing arrest, ho decided to commit suicide. He was remanded.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8613, 26 December 1913, Page 5
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