THE WAIROA SENSATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 5

THE WAIROA SENSATION.

At' .Wairoa.. oh Sunday night a sensa-^ tion was caused at Mr Buchanan's boarding house at a quarter to 6. A 1 man named Alfred Alexander Berry (reports the Guardian)' fired a rifle shot at Miss Delia Martirij 'waitress employed m the house. Miss Martin was standing at the time m the kitchen, which is a small one, Avhilst a large' number ot boarders were assembled m the .adjoining dining room. The man stood m or near the west side* of the, . kitchen and fired point blank into it, missing Miss Martin by not more "than a few feetTlie bullet passed through the eight inch sill, crossed the yard, and. lodged m a picket fertce. The man then Avent to the police station and. gave himself up, stating he had not intended to hurt Miss Martin, merely to frighten her — andcertainly he succeeded m doing that to all m the vicinity. The prisoner appears from correspondence to have been the victim of jealousy combined with trouble arising through. the death of his brothers lately. He is of soldierly build, and states he Atfas at pmdurman Ayhen Kitchener mowed • doAvn the Khalifa's dervishes. He Avas formerly m the 24th Regiment, and appears to have served m South Africa and m the Transvaal Town Police and elsewhere. Being evidently a military man 'he appears to have succeeded m borroAving a jiifle from L'ieut, JA 0. Scott.