AN ACTRESS ATTACKED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12296, 5 November 1910, Page 6

AN ACTRESS ATTACKED.

SYDNEY, October 2%. An attack upon- Miss Mab Paul, leading lady of the Ueorge Willoughby "N?ijht of the Party" Company, was made by an -unknown man at the North Shore on Thursday night. Fortunately she was able to defend herself, and her assailant was the chief sufferer. Miss Paul travelled by the 11.30 p.m. boat from tov-n, and on arrival at the northern shore, decided to walk to ''her »iuurtcis at Beulah. Flats. Within a few hundred yards of her destination she was. «ot upon by a footpad, who caught her by both arms and endeavored to snatch her handbag. Miss Paul, who is just over six feet, and something of an athlete, finding herself m the grip of the man, made a determined effort and kicked him luird upon the «hin. He let go 'his hold, whereupon the actress hit 'him across tho face with her handbag. Her assailant «ta<rgered back. Mliss Paul then dropped the bag, and, clenching her fists, struck the man twice. The first, blow glanced off, and her left hand grazed along a wall, causing a painful wound. The second blow was more effective, catching the footpad full upon tho point of the jaw, and causing his downfall. As he fell, Miss Paul recovered her bag and hurried home. A sympathetic public #aye her a rousing reception m- "The Night of the Party" lost night, when slio appeared with her hand m bandages.