ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3097, 23 July 1913, Page 13

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

MAN VIOLENTLY TREATED. AUCKLAND, July 15. Something in the nature of a sensation was caused at the corner of Pitt street and Karangahapo road about 11 o’clock this morning, when a cry for help came from a man as ho rushed out of a boardinghouse. The man was in a state of groat excitement. and his face was smothered in blood. Ho declared that ho had been robbed of £IOO by two men, and indicated the direction in which the men had decamped. The police were immediately communicated with, and to Detective Hollis the man subsequently told his story. His name, ho was John King, and ho had recently come from Wellington. At a boardinghouse he had made the acquaintance of the two men, and yesterday, when a remittance of £IOO reached him from Wellington, those men were aware of the fact. During the day they obtained a small loan from him, and this morning they again approached him. for a further advance, which he declined, whereupon they assaulted him. Ho wa* violently attacked by the two men. who almost boat him into insensibility and then robbed him of his money. King was attended to by Dr Coldicutt, * who. after dressing several wounds about his face, ordered hia removal to the hospital. The police have the matter in hand.