CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 36

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

NSATION AT NURSES’ INSTITUTE

ROMAN’S HUSBAND ARRESTED. f ( AUCKLAND, October 27. in attempt was made on Saturday night shoot Ivy Nicholson, a married woman, .years of, age,'living apart from her iband, anil employed as a domestic serit at the Auckland Trained Nurses’ titute. Mrs Nicholson states that she [red about 11.30. A quarter of an hour ST, hearing a noise at the window, she up, struck a match, and saw a man 6m .she claims to have recognised at [ window. He commanded her to keep £t, puj an arm through the window, I pointed a revolver at her. Being rifled, she dropped the, match and ambled under the bed. A shot rang out | the bullet embedded itself in the wall, disappeared when the woman’s earns irought help, but later he referred and pointed the revolver through lyvindow at the matron. Nurse Wyatt I another nurse tried to seize the weai but failed, and the man escaped, .rthur Nicholson has been arrested and itged with the attempted murder of wife by shooting at her with a revol- ; When arrested he had in his posiion a weapon of large calibre, loaded Two chambers. He had also in his session some 49 cartridges.