CHRISTCHURCH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 368, 28 June 1877, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

REPORTED STABBING CASE. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT. June 27. It is just reported that a warder named Frederick White has been fatally stabbed by an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum. Particulars are not yet known. It is also reported that a man has been killed on the railway. June 28. The imported stabbing case at the Lunatic Asylum is confirmed, and has caused considerable sensation here. The particulars are as follows :—After having dinner yesterday, Frederick White, one of the principal warders, proceeded to the kitchen. Mark Price, an inmate, soon after came in, and asked White for his keys. White said he had given them to warder. Price then immediately up a carving knife lying on the tabic, and stabbed White just below the heart. The force of,the blow was so great that the knike blade entered White's body its full length. White died about twenty minutes afterwards. Price, who has been an inmate of the Asylum for 13 years, was considered perfectly harmless, and was allowed complete liberty both in and about the Asylum. White has been warder several years and was highly respected by all who knew him. It is not known what Price's object was in asking for White's keys, but there had been a quarrel between the two men previously. Another warder was in the kitchen when the sad event occurred, but had no opportunity of preventing it. ♦